2nd
PUC ENGLISH STREAMS WORKBOOK ANSWERS PRONOUNS
A. PRONOUNS
Basavaiah is a
Kannada poet. He has written several poems. Many of his poems have been
translated into other Indian languages. He himself has translated some of them
into English.
You must have observed that the
words he, his, and himself (pronouns) refer to Basavaiah (noun).
Read the following extract and see how the personal
pronouns refer to different people/ things.
Lata
was on her annual visit to her uncle’s house. She always enjoyed it
because she was allowed to spend most of the day in the mango grove. Lata’s
uncle was a friend of the owner of the grove who allowed the children to play there. The
branches of the trees were covered with so many fruits that they almost touched the ground with the
weight. They spent hours picking the
fruit, eating most of it and sleeping.
There are many kinds of pronouns.
Some of them are:
I, we, they, you, he, she, it…
myself, himself, herself,
yourself, themselves…
one, any, anyone, anybody,
somebody, each, every.
either, neither, who, whose,
whom, which…
Try to find other kinds.
What do the words in italics in the following
paragraphs refer to?
1) Once upon a time a poor woman
was walking from one village to another carrying a bundle on her
head. Unable to lift it easily, she rested every now and
then. A horseman passed by. The woman requested him to carry the bundle
on horseback till the next village. He refused saying. “You will walk
slowly and delay me and I have a long way to go.
Ans: her – woman
it – bundle
she – woman
him – horseman
He – Horseman
me – horseman
I – horseman.
2) An old man came to the farm,
the owner of the farm and his wife needed a person exactly
like him.
He
was well-versed in agriculture. After his arrival to the farm their
income improved dramatically. The owner became lethargic and shied away from
hard work, his wife found all this very strange. Her husband’s life style
had changed.
Ans: his – owner
him – old man
He – old man;
his – old man
their – owner of the farm and his
wife
his – owner
Her-wife
3) Every household holds those
little things that look and feel old. As a kid I had several of them.
There is a tiny bag of used crayons bought when I was four. Dad believed
in junking them and they almost did end up in the trash.
They help me remember a childhood of dreams and vivid imagination.
Ans: I – kid
them – little things
I – kid
them – little things
they – little things
me – kid.
