Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills

8.2.3.Pronoun

Pronoun :   A pronoun is a word used in the place of an noun. ‘Pro’ means ‘for’ – word which stands in the place of.

Example :       I, we, you, he, she, it, they.

Pronoun Chart

Subject	Possessive adj.	Object	Possessive	reflexive
I	My	Me	Mine	Myself
We	Our	Us	Ours	Ourselves
They	Their	Them	Theirs	Themselves
You	Your	You	Yours	Yourself/yourselves
He	His	Him	His	Himself
She	Her	Her	Hers	Herself
It	Its	It	Its	Itself

Note : If a sentence begins with a pronoun, it should begin only with the root form of the pronoun.

Example :      I came to the Institute. (correct usage)

                        I myself came to the Institute. (correct usage)

                        Myself came to the Institute. (wrong usage)

Exercise :  Identify the pronouns in the following sentences.

1. I bought a book.
2. My brother goes to school on a cycle.
3. His uncle is a doctor.
4. It is a dog.
5. She is my sister.
6. You are a student.
7. Your bag is on the table.
8. This pen is mine.
9. They are teachers.
10. We are children.  

Keys : 

1) I      2) My  3) His  4) It    5) She, my       6) You   7) Your   8) This, mine 9) They     10) we