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Fill in the blanks and complete the crossword with suitable pronouns.

Across 2

3. Their car is big. _____________ is small. 1 Y
4. Our dog is black. _____________ was white.
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5. Give this book to Mukesh. It is_____________. 3

Down O

1. Is this pen _____________?
4 T S
2. Neeta returned the book to her 5

friend, as it was not _____________. H S

A word which is used in place of a noun is called a pronoun.

Read the following sentences.

Mohit lives in my neighbourhood. Mohit is my friend.

Now, read the following sentences using a pronoun.
Mohit lives in my neighbourhood. He is my friend.

In the above sentences, he has been used in place of the repeated noun Mohit. Here,

the word he is a pronoun.

There are different types of pronouns.

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns stand for people. All the personal pronouns denote different

persons. There are three types of persons.

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