CBSE Class 5 English Recalling Pronouns Assignment

Recalling Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or a group of words that acts like a noun. I, he, she, he, she, it, we, we, you, they are called personal pronouns. E.g. Altaf told Ashraf that Altaf would help Ashraf. Altaf told Ashraf that he would help him. The words in bold are used in place of nouns. They are called pronouns.

The various forms of personal pronouns are:

Practice Exercise

A. Change the highlighted words in these sentences into pronouns.

a. Raju said that Raju had a headache.

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b. Reema found an old ball. Reema threw the ball away.

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c. The boys were unhappy .The boys had been punished.

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B. Choose the correct personal pronouns from those given in brackets and fill in the blanks:

a. Rajeev is more stronger than___________________ (I, me) am.

b. Can I borrow this book of ________________ (your, yours) for a day?

c. The children like ______________ ( their, themselves) toys.

d. Have you seen the ship.________________ (He ,It) is really beautiful.

C. Using suitable pronouns complete the following passage.

On Sunday, all our families, that is Raju’s, Sana’s and mine, went on a picnic.

___________ate a big lunch and elders went to sleep under the trees. Sana, Raju and ____________went for a walk. ___________crossed a big field. ______________heard a loud snort. A bull in the corner of the field started to chase _______________. We ran very fast. There was a wired fence around the field. _____________crawled under it . Raju and I helped Sana to cross from under the fence _________tore her frock and bruised her arms and legs. ________________families were very angry with _____________. ___________ had to leave the picnic and take ____________to the doctor.

D. Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns and underline the nouns that they stand for.

a. This is a good book. _______is written by Enid Blyton.

b. Our teacher, Mrs Khan, is very gentle. ___________is kind to everyone.

c. Meera and I are classmates.______________ are good at mathematics.

d. Diana is a very helpful girl. I am fond of ________________.

e. Our neighbours are very friendly. Everyone likes ____________________. 

Personal Pronouns

 

Personal pronouns are used to represent people. They can show first person (the speaker), second person (the person being spoken to), or third person (the person being spoken about).

If the pronoun is the subject of the sentence, we say it is a subject pronoun (sometimes called a nominative pronoun). If the pronoun is the object of the sentence, we say it is an object pronoun.

________1. Mary gave me the letter.

________2. You can sit down by the fire.

________3. They are going to watch a movie at the new theater.

________4. Peter and Cindy can go with us tomorrow.

________5. We have been friends for many years.

________6. It is inside the pocket of the black backpack.

________7. The librarian gave me the library book.

________8. Jenny’s mother brought her a sandwich for lunch.

________9. She played with the new puppy all day.

________10. You went to the party on Saturday night.

________11. Sylvia will give you the book next week.

________12. Park the bicycles in the rack and leave the keys for us.

________13. He called the store, but everyone was on a lunch break.

________14. Scott’s dad gave us a ride to the baseball game.

________15. I usually study for a few hours the night before a test.

________16. Jerry and Mark went to the school play with them on Monday.

________17. Send me a copy of the report in the mail.

________18. He never said goodbye before going on the month-long trip.

________19. We ate dinner at a nice restaurant before returning home.

________20. Aunt Marie baked him a delicious chocolate cake.