CBSE Class 4 English Pronouns Assignment

Fill in the blanks.

Question. What you do with ......................... money is your business.
(a) your
(b) you
(c) yours

Answer : A

Question. The sun will get hotter and hotter and ………………………… will swallow the earth.
(a) it
(b) you
(c) he

Answer : A

Question. She has never offered .......................... any help.
(a) I
(b) me
(c) mine

Answer : B

Question. I made some tea for ……………………..
(a) me
(b) myself
(c) I

Answer : B

Question. It didn't mean anything to ...........................
(a) I
(b) me
(c) mine

Answer : B

Question. Get …………………….. that file.
(a) I
(b) me
(c) mine

Answer : B

Question. I am going to visit .......................... in the afternoon.
(a) they
(b) them
(c) their

Answer : B

Question. The deer looked at …………………….. reflection in the pool.
(a) it
(b) its
(c) it's

Answer : B

Question. It took .......................... an hour to finish the job.
(a) me
(b) I
(c) my

Answer : A

Question. Do it ………………………
(a) yourself
(b) you

Answer : A

Question. Take this file with .......................... when you go to the bank.
(a) you
(b) your
(c) yours

Answer : A

Question. You needn’t have annoyed ………………………..
(a) he
(b) him
(c) himself

Answer : B

Question. …………………….. is the last leaf.
(a) It
(b) Its

Answer : A

Question. It never occurred to .......................... that she was lying.
(a) me
(b) I
(c) my

Answer : A

Question. Why not deliver the speech you have written ……………………………?
(a) yourself
(b) themselves
(c) itself

Answer : A

Question. She was not happy with ............................. performance.
(a) her
(b) she
(c) hers

Answer : A

Question. I still miss ...............................
(a) he
(b) him
(c) his

Answer : B

Question. You could have injured ………………………..
(a) you
(b) yourself

Answer : B

Question. That cat of ............................... is killing my birds.
(a) you
(b) your
(c) yours

Answer : C

Question. She ……………………… called the police.
(a) herself
(b) itself
(c) herselves

Answer : A

Question. Please bring .......................... that file.
(a) I
(b) me
(c) my

Answer : B

Question. He talks to …………………………. a lot.
(a) him
(b) himself

Answer : B

Question. You have never invited ............................ to your parties.
(a) we
(b) us
(c) ours

Answer : B

 

PROBLEM 1

A pronoun that refers to more than one antecedent

pro The wind and the rain came suddenly, but it did not last.

pro Henry ran with Philip, but he was faster.

pro When Sarah visits Corinne, she is glad for the company.

SOLUTION

The wind and the rain came suddenly, but the rain did not last.

Henry ran with Philip, but Philip was faster.

When Sarah visits Corinne, Corinne is glad for the company.

Substitute a noun for the pronoun to make your sentence clearer.
 

PROBLEM 2

Personal pronouns as subjects

pro Him and Mary unfurled the tall, white sail.

pro Nina and them bought theater tickets yesterday.

pro Karen and me heard the good news on the television.

SOLUTION

He and Mary unfurled the tall, white sail.

Nina and they bought theater tickets yesterday.

Karen and I heard the good news on the television.

Use a subject pronoun as the subject part of a sentence.

PROBLEM 3

Personal pronouns as objects

pro The horse galloped across the field to Anne and I.

pro The new signs confused Clark and they.

pro Grant wrote she a letter of apology.

SOLUTION

The horse galloped across the field to Anne and me.

The new signs confused Clark and them.

Grant wrote her a letter of apology.

An object pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition.
 

Pronouns

1. A pronoun takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun.

2. A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing. First-person personal pronouns refer to the speaker, second-person pronouns refer to the one spoken to, and third-person pronouns refer to the one spoken about.
                                Singular                                                   Plural
First Person            I, me, my, mine                                 we, us, our, ours
Second Person       you, your, yours                                your, your, yours
Third Person           he, she, it, him, her, his, hers, its      they, them, their, theirs

3. A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence. An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun. A demonstrative pronoun points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas.
Reflexive:           Nikki prepares himself for the day-long hike.
Intensive:           Nikki himself prepares for the day-long hike.
Demonstrative:  That was a good movie! These are the files you wanted.

4. An interrogative pronoun is used to form questions. A relative pronoun is used to introduce a subordinate clause. An indefinite pronoun refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way than a personal pronoun does.
Interrogative: Whose are these? Which did you prefer?
Relative: The bread that we tasted was whole wheat.
Indefinite: Someone has already told them. Everyone agrees on the answer.

5. Use the subject form of a personal pronoun used as a subject or when it follows a linking verb.
He writes stories.         Are they ready?         It is I. (after linking verb)

6. Use the object form of a personal pronoun when it is an object.
Mrs. Cleary called us. (direct object)         Stephen offered us a ride. (indirect object)
Sara will go with us. (object of preposition)

7. Use a possessive pronoun to replace a possessive noun. Never use an apostrophe in a possessive personal pronoun.
Their science experiment is just like ours.

8. When a pronoun is followed by an appositive, use the subject pronoun if the appositive is the subject. Use the object pronoun if the appositive is an object. To test whether the pronoun is correct, read the sentence without the appositive.
We eighth-graders would like to thank you.
The success of us geometry students is due to Ms. Marcia.

9. In incomplete comparisons, choose the pronoun that you would use if the missing words were fully expressed.
Harris can play scales faster than I (can).
It is worth more to you than (it is to) me.

10. In questions use who for subjects and whom for objects.
Who wants another story?
Whom will the class choose as treasurer?
In subordinate clauses use who and whoever as subjects after linking verbs, and use whom and whomever as objects.
These souvenirs are for whoever wants to pay the price.
The manager will train whomever the president hires.

11. An antecedent is the word or group of words to which a pronoun refers or that a pronoun replaces. All pronouns must agree with their antecedents in number, gender, and person.
Marco’s sister spent her vacation in San Diego.
The huge old trees held their own against the storm.

12. Make sure that the antecedent of a pronoun is clearly stated.
UNLCLEAR: Mrs. Cardonal baked cookies with her daughters, hoping to sell them at the bake sale.
CLEAR: Mrs. Cardonal baked cookies with her daughters, hoping to sell the cookies at the bake sale.
UNLCLEAR: If you don’t tie the balloon to the stroller, it will blow away.
CLEAR: If you don’t tie the balloon to the stroller, the balloon will blow away.
 

REVISION PRONOUNS

Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns in a sentence. Pronouns save the repetition of nouns. Some of the common pronouns are - he, she,you ,they, it, we ,etc. Pronouns are of different types based on their use. Read the following sentences. Rita is a good student. Rita completes her homework everyday. Rita has many friends. Rita also dances well. In the above sentence, Rita has been used over and over again. Don’t you think this sentence sounds awkward? Now read the sentence given below. Rita is a good student. She completes her homework everyday. She has many friends. She also dances well. In the above sentence, Rita has been replaced by with ‘she’. Now the sentence is perfect.

EXERCISE-1

Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

1. Mother brought some chocolates._____________ are in the jar.

2. Neha loves _______ mother. ______ cannot live without _______.

3. Vinit is not alone. Jay and Vinay are with ________.

4. The dog is hurt.________ must be in pain.

5. Tia has a new video game . ____________ likes to play with _______ .

6. Sania and Aamir are going to the market with ________ parents.

7. Get the file. The boss wants _____ now.

8. Arun is a good doctor. ______ takes care of ______ patients.

TYPES OF PRONOUNS

1. Personal Pronouns.

2. Possessive Pronouns.

3. Reflexive Pronouns.

4. Relative Pronouns.

5. Demonstrative Pronouns.

6. Interrogative Pronouns.

7. Indefinite Pronouns.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Personal Pronouns are used in place of the names of persons, animals and things in a sentence. There are three forms of personal pronouns:

• First person or the person speaking ( I, me, we, our, us, etc.)

• Second person or the person spoken to (you and your)

• Third person or the person spoken about (He, she, it , they, them, their, him, her).

	SINGULAR	GENDER	PLURAL
FIRST PERSON	I, me	Common	We, us
SECOND PERSON	You, your	Common	You, your
THIRD PERSON	He, him She, her It	Male Female Neuter	They, them their

EXAMPLES:

She is intelligent.

They are playing chess.

He sent me a letter.

It is raining.

We love our country.

I have invited them.

EXERCISE-2

Fill in the blanks with suitable personal pronouns.

1. They are good in studies like ______________.

2. Aisha has gone to the market with ______________ mother .

3. ______________ live with them in that village.

4. ______________ should not worry about him.

5. The dog is hurt, so, ______________ is limping.

6. The boy and his dog that ______________ saw yesterday are lost.

7. ______________ is one of the boys who is careless.

8. Let us fight it out. ______________ is our problem.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Possessive Pronouns indicate close possession or ownership or relationship of a thing/person to another thing/person. Some of the common possessive pronouns are: yours, mine, his, ours, theirs, hers, its.

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
FIRST PERSON	Mine	Ours
SECOND PERSON	Yours	Yours
THIRD PERSON	his, hers	Theirs

EXERCISE-3

Fill in the blanks with suitable Possessive pronouns.

1. These crayons belong to me. These crayons are __________.

2. These clips belong to her .These clips are __________.

3. This house belongs to him. This house is __________.

4. The horse belongs to them. The horse is ___________.

5. You must learn to keep your things neatly. The things are _______________.

6.These cows belong to us. These cows are _____________.

Pronouns

Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns. This is done to avoid repetition and to make reading and writing interesting.

Examples: Anu brought a beautiful dress but she lost it in the bus.

Here the pronoun she has been used in place of the noun Anu.

The pronoun it has been used in place of the noun dress.

Some other examples of pronouns are I, he, she, it, we, they, yours, he, her, us, you and them.

Personal pronouns:

For example: I, me, you, your, he, she

These are also known as personal pronouns. They are used to refer to ourselves, people we are talking to and people whom we are talking about. We can thus refer to three persons ---- one who we are talking to, the person to whom we speak and the person about whom we speak.

Q1. Underline the pronouns in the following sentences using blue colour pencils.

a. Preeti is not at home. She has gone to picnic.

b. Yamin lives across the street. He is my friend.

c. The dog was hungry. It stole a bone from the meat shop and ran away.

d. Rahul has a younger sister, he loves her very much.

e. He gave me the pen and I put it on the table.

Q2. Rewrite the sentences using pronouns in place of the underlined words.

a. Don’t touch the iron .The iron is hot.

_________________________________________________

b. Abhay and Arun are running to school . Abhay and Arun are late.

______________________________________________________

c. Shweta said Shweta will come to school tomorrow.

______________________________________________________

d. Zafer has not come yet. Zafer is always late.

_______________________________________________________

e. Rani is sleeping. Rani is a daydreamer.

______________________________________________________

Q.3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate personal pronouns:

a. This is the book ________ enjoy reading .

b. _________ himself is responsible for what has happened.

c. He put _________hand in the web.

d. I gave ___________some money for shopping.

e. Indira Gandhi was a noble lady. ________ did a great work for her country.

Q4. Write the correct pronoun on the line to complete the sentence.

1. Sajid is in my class. ______________(He/Him) is my friend.

2. My mother and I bought some things at the store. The store will deliver them to _________________(we/us).

3. I baked a cake for Grandma. I couldn’t wait until Sunday to give it to ______________ (she/her).

4. Uncle Jay is coming to visit in December. ___________(He/Him) will stay in our guest room.

5. Studying for school is important to Vineeta. _______________(She/Her) wants to get good grades this year.

6. Amit and his sister will arrive on the next plane. I am going to pick__________________ (they/them) up.

7. Next summer, Eman is taking the train to Mumbai. _______________(He/Him) already bought the train tickets.