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F. Fill in the blanks with suitable demonstrative pronouns.

1. I like these dresses more than _______________ on the top shelf.
2. Give me one of _______________.

3. _______________ is my father’s ring.
4. _______________ looks like the car I have booked.

5. _______________ are Jack’s books.
6. Are _______________ your shoes?

G. Fill in the blanks with suitable interrogative pronouns.
1. _______________ is the name of that teacher?

2. _______________ is the best basketball player?
3. _______________ will be leading the procession this year?

Listening & Speaking Time

1. The students should listen to their teacher carefully and identify all the pronouns
which they hear in the speech. They should note the frequency of use, i.e. the
number of times a pronoun is used in the speech. Fill in the chart on the basis
of what they have heard.

Pronouns heard No. of times it is Person of the Kind of
from the speech used pronoun pronoun

(Refer to the `Listening and Speaking Text® given at the end of the book.)
2. It is an activity of imagination and story-telling. The teacher will help the students
to think that they are a kite. Then they imagine that they are flying high in the
sky with other kites and playing with them. The teacher will divide the class
Pronouns turn by turn, the speaker of the group will stand up and speak out the group’’’®s
into four groups for a speaking activity. Each group will choose a speaker for its
group. The teacher will allow them to discuss among themselves for a while. Then,

kite-story.

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