pronouns class 7D

A. Complete these sentences with suitable personal pronouns.

1. ‘Do you know any good South Indian restaurant nearby?’ I asked Deepti.
2. Mayank and his friends were in the playground. I saw them playing cricket.
3. ‘I can lend you this book if you promise to return it by next week,’ Razi said.
4. It was a hot afternoon in June. There was hardly anyone in the streets.
5. ‘Will you come with me to the post office?’ Neetu said.
6. ‘Will you come with me to the post office?’ Neetu said.
7. Tulika lives next to my house. I often play with her after school.
8. We were leaving the classroom when the teacher called us.

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B. Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive or emphatic pronouns. Write R for reflexive and E for emphatic pronouns.

1. Smith repaired his bicycle himself. (R)
2. Jimmy bought himself a guitar. (R)
3. I myself went to the airport to pick him up. (E)
4. James himself made all the arrangements. (E)
5. Do it yourself if you can’t trust others to do it well. (R)
6. They were pleased with themselves after the win. (R)
7. Ravina taught herself some Spanish before she moved to Madrid. (R)
8. The principal himself came to meet us. (E)

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C. Fill in the blanks with possessive pronouns.

1. This house is ours. We’ve been living here for the last ten years.
2. Meet Mr. Abdul. The resort we are staying at is his.
3. ‘This seat is mine,’ Will you please let me sit?’ said Jaya.
4. This is Nagma. The car that has been recovered is hers.
5. ‘Is this wallet yours?’ I found it under your desk,’ said I.
6. Ram and his brother Shyam work on this land. The land is theirs.

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D. Use a relative pronoun to join each sentence.

1. Prerna, who is a talented artist, is my classmate.
2. Shyamla is the girl whose mother won the election.
3. Mr. Alex, who lives next door, is a stage actor.
4. I met Mr. Chandra on the flight, who is a famous archaeologist.
5. Close to my house is a lake which is home to many animals and birds.
6. Kedar lives in Uttarakhand, which is a beautiful state.

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E. Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronouns. Also mention the sentences in which the relative pronouns can be omitted.

1. She is the person whom I was now talking about. (Cannot be omitted)
2. I know a place which serves delicious dim sum. (Can be omitted: "I know a place serving delicious dim sum.")
3. He is a player whose substitute cannot be found easily. (Cannot be omitted)
4. Kavya’s uncle, who lives in Germany, is a painter. (Cannot be omitted)
5. He invented a machine that could travel through time. (Can be omitted: "He invented a machine could travel through time.")
6. The man whom you just saw is a poet. (Can be omitted: "The man you just saw is a poet.")

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F. Write questions to these answers using interrogative pronouns.

1. What are you reading? → I am reading a book on Goan history.
2. Whose pen are you using? → I am using Roma’s pen.
3. Whose grave is this? → This is the poet William Wordsworth’s grave.
4. Which umbrella do you like, the blue one or the green one? → I like the blue umbrella, not the green one.
5. What do you like to read when you are free? → I like to read fiction when I am free.
6. What is Mr. Kaushal’s profession? → Mr. Kaushal is a biologist.

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G. Fill in the blanks with indefinite or distributive pronouns.

1. We can meet today or tomorrow – either is fine by me.
2. Not everybody will be able to solve this puzzle.
3. None of the strategies seemed to work.
4. This is something that I expected you to know.
5. Neither of the two is a bad choice for an affordable house.
6. Everybody should be careful about what one speaks.
7. Is there anything that I can help you with?
8. Each of us was given a task to complete, which we did easily.

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H. Complete these sentences with demonstrative pronouns.

1. ‘This is a beautiful drawing,’ said the teacher holding my painting.
2. ‘That was a much happier time,’ said Grandpa nostalgically.
3. ‘These are my books,’ said Hashim pointing to the books in his hand.
4. Those were not fresh fruits. So, I did not buy them.
5. That was the first time I spoke to him.
6. Those were days of great poverty in my life.