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Words like I, you, she, he, we, it and they are subject
pronouns. Each of these words is used in place of a REMEMBER
noun that acts as the subject of a sentence. Personal pronouns can be
subject pronouns or object
Example: I gave Roma a card. pronouns.

Words like you, me, him, us, them and it are object
pronouns. Each of these words is used in place of a noun that
receives the action of the verb.

Example: Roma gave me a gift.
In this sentence, the pronoun ‘me’ is used as an object.

A. Fill in the blanks with correct pronouns from the brackets.

1. The teacher announced, “Children, have to give names for the various

new clubs.” (you/they/she)

2. The coach began by saying, “ welcome to this club.”
(you/I, him/you)

3. P. V. Sindhu decided to play badminton. began to play from the age
of eight. (He/She/They)

4. Richard Williams is Serena’s father. wanted her to focus on school

work when turned ten. (She/He/We, I/she/they)
5. “Mother bought a new lawn tennis racquet for . (I/you/it). Now,

practise every day.”

6. “Did see my kit bag with the badminton racquet? was
in this cupboard. (you/she/it, You/Us/It)

Possessive Pronouns

Read these sentences.

1. This pair of sports shoes is mine.

2. All the bats in the bag are theirs.

3. You are a great player. All these trophies are yours!
The highlighted words are pronouns and they show possession. They are called possessive

pronouns. We use mine, yours, ours, theirs, his, hers and its as possessive pronouns.

Note: We rarely use ‘its’ as a possessive pronoun, except when we use this pronoun with
‘own’.
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