Prepared By

Manju R

Roll No:9,BEd(English)

GCTE, Thycaud

Trivandrum

In our surroundings we can see different types

of things, places, animal, birds, etc. each of

these objects have different names.

Eg.Crow, pencil, Alappuzha etc

We had already learnt about such type

of things, animals, birds etc to call a

name in grammar.

Do you remember that ?

Eg: name of a person, place,animal,

things, etc are called -------------------------

---

Correct answer : Noun

Great! It is easy now .Is n’t it?

Now we know that names of things, places ,

animals etc called nouns

Sita sings well

Sita dances well

Here the naming word is ‘Sita’. It is the noun in

two sentences .

Here, Sita is repeated in these two sentences.

In such cases we can use other words instead

of Sita (noun).

Thus avoiding repetition of nouns we can use

other words, called pronouns

So again we may discuss the example

Sita sings well.

Sita dances well.

Instead of Sita we use ‘She’

So -----------is the pronoun for Sita.

Correct answer : Sita , ‘She’ is the pronoun

It is very easy. isn’t it ?

So pronouns are words that can be used in

place of nouns and noun expressions

‘Pro’ means – instead

So pronoun is a word used instead of a noun

Eg: Kallu travels a lot .Kallu loves

travelling.

Kallu travels a lot. She loves travelling.

So she is ………….

Correct answer : Pronoun

Very good ! so pronouns are very easy to identify in a sentence.

Then we will discuss more about ‘Pronouns’ .

Eg: My brother is in Delhi . My brother will come home tomorrow

My brother is in Delhi. He will come home tomorrow

Instead of ‘My brother’, here we used “he”.

So he is …………

Correct answer : Pronoun

Instead of ‘My brother’ we used another word

‘He’(Pronoun).

Here, Sita - she

My brother - he

These two are Pronouns in those sentences

Similarly name of other things have pronouns.

Let us discuss.

The words I, You, He ,She ,It , We

Him, me, they, her, us & them take the place

of nouns. They are used to refer to nouns.

Eg. This dress is nice. --------------is bright

red.

Which pronoun can be used here?

Correct answer – It ( It is the pronoun)

Instead of ‘dress’, ‘It’ can be used.

Excellent! now very easy to identify the

noun and where to use proper pronouns.

Now we will discuss in detail.

Pronouns are known as noun substitutes.

It help to make the sentence look good.

Kalyani is studying in Class 3. Kalyani

studies well.

Kalyani is studying in class 3 . ------------------

-studies well.

Correct Answer: she

So ‘She’ and ‘Her’ refer to a girl and a women. Similarly

‘He’ and ‘Him’ refer to a boy and a man

‘It’ refers to a Place ,an animal, a bird and a thing .

I ,She,He,It, Me,Him and Her refer to singular nouns.

We, Us, They and Them refer to plural nouns

You refers to both singular and plural nouns.

We shall identify correct pronouns for

each noun given below.

Karishma She / It

Ribbon It / he

Ramu He / It

Bush She / He / It

Castle It / She

Correct Answers – She, It, He, It, It

They are the answers

Wow! All are familiar with correct use of

pronouns

Are you ready to do more ?

1.Ammu is a dreamer .----------------often dreams

in class.

2. Mr. Lal lives in our town but---------------is from

Delhi.

Correct Answer :- She , He

Oh! Good.

Then continue with other uses of pronouns

I and me refer to the names of the persons speaking.

We and us refer to the names of the persons speaking

These pronouns are in the first person.

Eg. My mom and I are relaxing .-------------are watching T V.

Correct answer ‘We’

Fine!

You refers to the name or names of the

persons we are speaking to. It is used for

both singular and plural.

It is the second person.

He , him , She , her, and It refer to the name

of the person about who we are speaking.

They and them refer to the names of the

persons about who we are speaking.

All these pronouns are in the third person

First

person

Second

person

Third person

Singular I , me You He,She,It ,Him,

Her

Plural We, Us You They, Them

Look at the table

Now you know how to use a pronoun. We will

work out few more examples.

1. Paul told Sarah, “ -----like potatoes”

2. Reena bought lots of carrot. ----------loves

carrot juice.

3. Mary and Priya went to the market . ------------

ate ice creams.

4.The birds have come back. --------------- are

making nests in our tree.

5. I will come with--------------.

Correct Answers are

I

She

They

They

You

Great! With this we come to an end of our lesson.

Pronouns are words that can be used in place of nouns and noun expressions.

‘Pro’ means instead . So pronouns are used instead of a noun .They are noun ’substitutes’.

The words: I, You, He, She, It, We, They, Me,Him,Her & Them take the place of nouns .

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