Choose the correct pronouns to complete the following sentences. 1. The guests are waiting in the lobby. Please take ……………………. (they / them) to the living room. 2. My grandparents live in Kerala. We are visiting …………………….. (they / them) in May. 3. I haven’t heard anything from ………………….. (she / her) in a long …
Personal pronouns are words used to refer to people. Examples are: I, we, you, they, he, she, it. Note that personal pronouns have different forms. For example I becomes me when it is used as the object. Likewise, she becomes her when it is the object. Forms of personal pronouns Subject pronouns: I, we, you, …
In this lesson we will learn about some common mistakes in the use of pronouns. Correct the following sentences. Incorrect: One should keep his promises. Correct: One should keep one’s promises. Correct: A man or woman should keep his / her promises. One when used in a sentence should be used throughout. Note that in American English, the pronouns he, …
Agreement with the noun Personal pronouns must agree with the nouns they stand for in number, gender and person. John is a good student. He won a prize in mathematics. Alice sings well. She has a golden voice. The children went on a picnic. They had a nice time. Note that here the pronouns he, she and they are of the same number, gender and person as the …
The words I, me, he, him, you, she, her, it, they, them, we and us are usually called the personal pronouns. One is also used as a personal pronoun. Who is an interrogative personal pronoun. Personal pronouns are used when it is not necessary to use or repeat more exact noun phrases. Alice sings well. She has a sweet voice. (NOT Alice sings well. Alice has a sweet …
The person category which denotes the speaker and possibly also some people associated with the speaker. The English first person pronouns are I/me (singular) and we/us (plural). The singular pronoun I/me always means ‘the speaker’. The plural pronoun we/us usually means ‘the speaker plus somebody else associated with the speaker’. I want to go. (The …
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. 1) Alice is my friend. She is a good girl. 2) John is a good singer. He has won several prizes. Here the pronoun she stands for the noun Alice. Similarly, the pronoun he stands for the noun John. There are several different kinds of …
