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Pronouns Meaning Examples

Emphasising Pronouns used for emphasis on the Herself, Itself
person. This is similar to reflexive but
its usages are different.

Possessive Pronouns indicating belongingness. Mine, Yours, His, Hers,
Yours, Theirs, Ours

Relative Pronouns which refer back to a noun/ Who, Whom, Which,
pronoun. What, That

Interrogative The pronoun form is the same as Who, Whom, Whose,

relative, but the function is different. It Which, What
is used for asking questions.

Collaboration
Activity Time

Work in groups of six. Each member of a group will frame a sentence using any of

the eight types of pronouns that you’ve learnt. Once the entire group has framed a
sentence each, read the sentences aloud in the class. Carry out this activity till all the

members of all the groups get a chance to read out their sentence.

Listening & Speaking Time

The teacher will encourage conversation among students in the classroom. He/She will
prompt them to use pronouns as much as possible in their conversation. He/She will call
three students A, B and C to the front of the class and give them clues for talking.

Pronouns Teacher : What are your names?
For example:

: I am A. He is B. She is C. We are classmates.
Student A

: They are my classmates. We are friends.
Student C
Student B : You are A and C. We are friends.
The same exercise is repeated with the other students of the class.

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