Pronouns — Test Set 3

(b) me — ‘Me’ is the object pronoun. The teacher praised (verb) Sonal and me (objects). Remove ‘Sonal and’ to test: ‘praised me’ is correct, not ‘praised I’.

(c) indefinite — ‘Nobody’ refers to no particular person. It is an indefinite pronoun.

(b) Which — ‘Which’ is used when choosing from a definite/limited number (two sisters). ‘Who’ asks about identity in general.

False — It is an emphatic pronoun. ‘Himself’ is used for emphasis here (the captain personally). It can be removed and the sentence still makes sense: ‘The captain lifted the trophy.’

(b) Who do you think will win the match? — ‘Who’ is the subject of ‘will win’. ‘Whom’ is used only for objects.

(b) impersonal pronoun — ‘It’ does not refer to any specific noun. It is used impersonally to express time.

Possessive adjective: Comes before a noun and modifies it. E.g., This is my book. (‘My’ modifies ‘book’.) [1 mark]
Possessive pronoun: Stands alone and replaces the noun. E.g., This book is mine. (‘Mine’ = my book.) [1 mark]
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

(a) The monument which / that we visited in Agra was magnificent. (‘Which/that’ for things; object of ‘visited’.) [1 mark]
(b) The farmer whose crops were destroyed received compensation. (‘Whose’ shows possession; relates to the farmer.) [1 mark]

(a) Each of the boys has completed his project on the Mughal Empire. (‘Each’ is singular → singular verb ‘has’ and singular pronoun ‘his’.) [1 mark]
(b) Arjun and I are going to the science exhibition in Bhopal. (Subject pronoun ‘I’, not ‘Me’; place the other person first as a courtesy.) [1 mark]

(a) Reflexive — The subject (children) and the pronoun (themselves) refer to the same people; the action of decorating reflects back. [1 mark]
(b) Emphatic — ‘Himself’ adds emphasis to ‘Gandhiji’. If removed, the sentence still makes complete sense: ‘Gandhiji spun khadi cloth.’ [1 mark]

Aarav and his sister went to their grandmother’s house. She gave them delicious laddoos. [1 mark for correct possessive replacements; 1 mark for correct subject/object replacements]

(a) Pronouns: They (personal, subject), it (personal, object), themselves (reflexive), Everyone (indefinite), Those (demonstrative), who (relative), it (personal ×2), herself (emphatic), them (personal, object). [2 marks]
(b) Emphatic: herself (‘The teacher herself’ — adds emphasis). Reflexive: themselves (‘They rehearsed it themselves’ — subject and object are the same). [1 mark]

(a) The sweets were distributed among Riya, Sahil, and me. (‘Between’ is for two; ‘among’ for three or more. After a preposition, use object pronoun ‘me’.) [1 mark]
(b) Who is responsible for cleaning the Ganga river project? (‘Who’ is the subject of ‘is responsible’; ‘whom’ is used only for objects.) [1 mark]
(c) One must do one’s duty sincerely. (When the subject is ‘one’, the possessive should also be ‘one’s’, not ‘his’.) [1 mark]

(a) The doctor who lives in Varanasi treated my grandfather. (‘Who’ — relative pronoun for people, subject.) [1 mark]
(b) I bought a saree whose embroidery was done in Lucknow. (‘Whose’ — relative pronoun showing possession.) [1 mark]
(c) The man whom the police were searching for was arrested. (‘Whom’ — relative pronoun, object of ‘searching for’.) [1 mark]

It (impersonal) was a hot summer day. Sneha and her (possessive adjective) brother decided to visit the river near their (possessive adjective) village. They (personal, subject) enjoyed themselves (reflexive) thoroughly. “This (demonstrative) was the best day of the holidays!” Both (indefinite) of them (personal, object) said happily. [1 mark per 3 correct; max 3 marks]

Sample Answer:
Last winter, we (personal, 1st person plural) visited the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur. I (personal, 1st person singular) was amazed by the architecture. The guide who (relative) showed us around explained its history. He (personal, 3rd person singular) said it was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. My sister prepared the travel plan by herself (reflexive). “What (interrogative) is the meaning of Hawa Mahal?” I asked the guide. That (demonstrative) was truly a memorable trip.
[1 mark each for: 3 personal, 1 reflexive, 1 relative, 1 demonstrative, 1 interrogative — max 5 marks]

(a) Personal pronouns: his (3rd person, possessive), their (3rd person, possessive), They (3rd person, subject), them (3rd person, object × 2), it (3rd person, subject/object), I (1st person, subject). [2 marks]
(b) Relative: which (‘which amazed everyone’). Interrogative: Who (‘Who built this...?’). Reflexive: herself (‘Meera said to herself’). [1 mark]
(c) Emphatic: himself (‘Arjun himself took photographs’). It is emphatic because removing it does not change the core meaning: ‘Arjun took photographs’ still works. A reflexive pronoun is essential and cannot be removed. [1 mark]
(d) ‘It’ in ‘it was built’ refers to the Mysore Palace. ‘This’ in ‘this magnificent palace’ also refers to the Mysore Palace (demonstrative, pointing to it). [1 mark]

(a) Demonstrative: That is the Qutub Minar. (‘That’ points to a specific thing; it replaces a noun and stands alone.) [1 mark]
(b) Relative: The train that goes to Chennai leaves at 6 PM. (‘That’ introduces a relative clause and connects it to ‘train’.) [1 mark]
Difference: As a demonstrative pronoun, ‘that’ stands independently and points to something. As a relative pronoun, ‘that’ comes after a noun (antecedent) and introduces a clause that gives more information about it.