Pronouns Worksheet for Class 5

We use pronouns to avoid the repetition of nouns.

Read the paragraph given below.

Mini is an intelligent girl. Mini’s parents are doctors. Mini’s parents want Mini to be a doctor when Mini grows up. Mini does not like the idea because Mini wants to be a writer. How will Mini convince Mini’s parents that in order to be successful in life one does not have to be a doctor?

As you can see the nouns Mini and Mini’s parents are repeated several times in the above paragraph. Repetition makes your writing dull. One way of avoiding repetition is to use personal pronouns.

Personal pronouns

English has three types of personal pronouns.

First person pronouns: I and me (singular); we and us (plural)

First person pronouns refer to the person speaking.

Second person pronoun: you

Second person pronouns refer to the person spoken to. The singular and plural forms of ‘you’ are the same.

Third person pronouns: he, him, she, her, it (singular); they, them (plural)

The third person pronouns refer to the people or things spoken of.

Rewrite the paragraph given above by replacing the nouns with suitable pronouns.

Mini is an intelligent girl. Her parents are doctors. They want her to be a doctor when she grows up. She does not like the idea because she wants to be a writer. How will she convince her parents that in order to be successful in life one does not have to be a doctor?

Pronouns worksheet for class 5

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate personal pronouns.

1. Both my parents are teachers. …………………….. want me to become a doctor.
2. Raju and Radha go to the same school. …………………….. are cousins.
3. I have invited all of my friends to my party but I don’t know if any of …………………….. will turn up.
4. Raju is my friend. ……………………… is an aspiring writer.
5. Smitha won the first prize in the quiz competition. Everybody congratulated ………………………
6. My sister is my best friend. I can share everything with ……………………..
7. There is somebody at the door. Do you know who ………………………… is?
8. Who are …………………..?
9. The woman who lives next door is an interior designer. I have never met ……………………….
10. What did you do with the money I lent ………………………?
11. The teacher asked the students if …………………….. had completed ……………………… assignments.
12. How can …………………… help you?
13. If you need any help just let ……………………………. know.
14. She often comes to our parties but ………………………… never invites ……………………… back.
15. Call the people waiting outside. I want to talk to ………………………

Answers

1. They, 2. They, 3. them, 4. He, 5. her, 6. her, 7. he/she, 8. they, 9. her, 10. you, 11. they, their, 12. I, 13. me, 14. she, us, 15. them