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Think and Answer • Critical Thinking

A. Do you think that family support is important to do well in any field? How did the

parents of Serena Williams help her?

B. Do you think that Shoma was moving in the right direction to become a good tennis
player? Give two reasons for your answer.

Grammar Spot • Pronouns – Personal and possessive

Pronouns

Read these sentences.

Ms Rajni spoke to the members of Lawn Tennis Club. She said that they needed to
exercise every day.

The highlighted words are pronouns. ‘She’ is used in place of ‘Ms Rajni’ and ‘they’ is
used in place of the ‘members of Lawn Tennis Club’ (which acts as noun here).

We already know that a pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition.
Some other commonly used pronouns are I, you, he, it and so on.

Personal Pronouns

Read this sentence.
“Shoma, can you come and tidy this room?”

Here, the pronoun you is a personal pronoun (used in place of ‘Shoma’). Pronouns that
are used in place of the names of persons, things, animal or places are called personal

pronouns.
Let us find out more about personal pronouns with examples.

Description Examples

First person Refers to the person speaking I, we

Second person Refers to the person spoken to You

Third person Refers to the person spoken about He, she, they, it

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