Pronouns

Fill in the blanks with Possessive pronouns.

1. The boy was looking for _________ parents.

2. Did you go to ______ house after school?
3. I bought a giant candy bar because I wanted it to be all ______.
4. That suitcase isn’t yours; it is definitely ______.
5. We were hoping that the shiny, red sports car was going to be______.
6. She grabbed the plate of food because she thought it was ______.
7. Is this ______ house?
8. The cat loved sleeping on ______ blanket.
9. The dog was busy eating its bone.
10. The little girl couldn’t find ______ favorite baby doll.
11. My parents love to visit ______ friends who live in Mexico.
12. These cookies? They are all ______.

Fill in the blanks with Relative pronouns.

1. ______ lives in this house needs to mow the grass.

2. I don’t know ______ restaurant is the most delicious.
3. The teacher ______ teaches science loves to do experiments.
4. The boy prefers a seat ______ is close to the front of the room.
5. ______ is wearing the green shirt in the picture looks very happy.
6. My doctor works in the building ______ is on the corner.
7. ______ choice you make will be a good one.
8. Do you know the girl ______ goes to the school?
9. _____ went to France will give the report on Paris.
10. I saw the lady ______ lives in the house on the corner.
11. These little dogs ate the bones ______ were buried in the yard.
12. I didn’t know ______ restaurant to choose.

Fill in the blanks with Indefinite pronouns.

1. ______ likes being sick.

2. ______ of my family members live in California.
3. She saw ______ who looked just liked her mom.
4. I was wondering if you had ______ ideas for the new store.
5. ______ of my teachers have decided to go take a class this weekend.
6. ______ person can start a business in my town.
7. I was looking for ______ who would like to go to the park with me.
8. Is there ______ special you’d like to do for your birthday?
9. I cannot believe I ate ______ of the pizza.
10. . ______ student needs to bring one box of tissues to donate.
11. Did you find ______ of the answers to the homework?
12. I was only able to find _______ of them.
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Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns
are formed by the addition of the suffix self (singular) or selves(plural) to simple pronouns such as my, your, her, him,
it, them and our.

My + self = Myself

Your + self = Yourself

Our + self = Ourselves

Them + selves = Themselves

It + self = Itself

When the subject and the object refer to the same person, a reflexive pronoun is used for the object. I cut myself.
(Here the subject and the object refer to the same person–

I.) You cut yourself. (Here the subject and the object refer to the same person – you.)
II.) She cut herself. (Here the subject and the object refer to the same person – she.)
III.) The child cut itself.
IV.) We cut ourselves.

Note: When self is used independently, it is a noun and not a pronoun. An honest man keeps his self

free from all vices.

One’s self is always more important to one than anything else.

Emphatic pronouns
When reflexive pronouns are used to put emphasis on a particular noun they are called emphatic pronouns.

He himself told me this. I finished the job myself.

They themselves admitted their mistake. We ourselves witnessed the accident.

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Tell which Pronouns in the following sentences are Reflexive and which Emphatic:

1. I will go myself.
2. Rama has hurt himself.
3. We often deceive ourselves.
4. I myself heard the remark.
5. You express yourself very imperfectly.
6. I wash myself when I get up.
7. The boys hid themselves.
8. They have got themselves into a mess.
9. Boadicea poisoned herself.
10. They loved themselves so much that they thought of no one else.
11. The prisoner hanged himself.
12. The poor widow poisoned herself.
13. They enjoyed themselves.
14. Don't you deceive yourself?
15. I myself heard the remark.
16. He set himself a hard task.
17. We exerted ourselves.
18. The dog choked itself.
19. They gave themselves a lot of trouble.
20. We seldom see ourselves as others see us.

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