Pronoun CM3

Personal: I, we, us, you, he, him, she, her, it, they, them,

Possessive: My, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, their, theirs, one’s, its

Reflexive: Myself, ourselves, himself, themselves, yourself

Interrogative: Who, which, whom, whose, what

Relative: That, what, whom, whose, which, who

Demonstrative: This, that, these, those

Distributive: Each, either, neither

Reciprocal: Each other, one another

Indefinite: One, any, someone, anyone, some, none, many

Subjective Objective Possessive Possessive

Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun Adjective
I Me Mine My
We Us Ours Our
You You Yours Your
He Him His His

She Her Hers Her

Its
It It Its
Their
They Them Theirs
One’s

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 Personal + Possessive

A. 1. a) You and I/me/my/mine did the work.

He/his/him and they played cricket together.

b) It is I/me/my/mine who am to blame.

If I had been he/his/him, I would have done it.

c) He is taller than I/me/my/mine.

He is as tall as she/her/hers.

d) None but he/his/him can help you.

He climbed up, but I climbed down.

I know he/his/him. (a .2
Babul wanted I/me/my/mine to tell a story.

My mother told I/me/my/mine to give he/his/him some food. (b

Fatema is trying to follow I/me/my/mine.
After dropping he/his/him from the company, I got relaxed.

He came to I/me/my/mine. (c

Everyone but/except she/her/hers was present. (d

3) This shirt is my shirt/mine.

Our country/ours is a beautiful country.
His English is better than their English/theirs.
That policeman is a friend of I/me/my/mine.
We went on holiday with some friends of we/us/ours.

I know he/his/him name. (4

They came after I/me/my/mine coming.

5. a) The child is crying for his/its mother.

The dog is faithful to his/its master.
The army had to suffer terrible privations in their/its march.
The chair is expensive for their/its multi colour.

Bangladesh is a small country but ___ population is not small. (b

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 6. a) I and Babu will make the negotiation.
I, you and Jerry will prepare our lessons.
Jonathan and you should go to see our ailing teacher.
Babu and I will make the negotiation.
(b
You, Jerry and I will prepare our lessons.
You and Jonathan should go to see our ailing teacher.

7. a) You, Fahima and I are guilty. I, You and Fahima are guilty. (b
Rajin, I and you are criminals. I, you and Rajin are criminals.

Reflexive + Emphatic

Kalam himself did the work. (2

B. 1) He killed himself. I myself am responsible for this.
Don’t hurt yourself.
They love themselves. He did the work for himself.
The crow hurt itself. I heard this from the teacher himself.

3. a) Lisa introduced me to the other guests.

Lisa introduced herself to the other guests.
I introduced myself to the other guests.
I introduced myself to the other guests.

b) He got up, washed, shaved and dressed.

He got up, washed, shaved and dressed himself.

4. a) I want my own room.

I’d like to have a room of my own.
I like living by myself. (b
Paul usually cuts his own hair.
Did you go on holiday by yourself?
I like living on my own.
Did you go on holiday on your own?

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 Interrogative + Relative

C. 1) What
What is your name What book do you want (2
Who is your uncle Whose book is this
Who(m) are you waiting for Which book is he reading
Whose is this book Which way leads to the post office
Which of the pictures is yours

3. a) This is the book that I bought at the bookstore.

All that glitters is not gold.
He wanted something that was not provided.
Everything that he said was true.

b) I did the work what you said to do

I know the man who I think is your brother
We like them who/that speak the truth
I know the man whom you love most
The men whom I don’t like are angry
This is the man whose pocket was picked
I know the man whose car it is

There is no rose but has thorns. (4. a

There is no father but tends his daughter.

They/those who did not come should be punished (b

They/those who have met me will be awarded

Distributive + Reciprocal

D. 1) Each of the girls got a prize Each girl got a prize. (2

Either of you can do the work. There are supporters of either party.
Neither of the reports is true. Neither report is true.

3. a) The two people love each other.

The villagers hate one another.

b) They will sit for hours looking into each other’s/one another’s eyes.

c) They met in 1992 and married in 1994.

d) Jack and Emily are strange: they talk to themselves a lot.

Susan and Daniel talk to each other on the phone every day.

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 Demonstrative

E. 1. a) This is your umbrella. These are my books. (b

2. a) That is a new idea. Those are mine.

That was mine.
(b
Those were mine.

3. a) The rice of Pabna is finer than those/that of Barishal.

The mangoes of Rajshahi are sweeter than those/that of Khulna.

b) We want such boys as/that/who/whom will do well in the exam.

Such is weather as/that/which no one can go out.

4) I don’t like this coat.

This pen is mine; that one over there is yours.
I don’t like this.
He cannot walk that far.
I hope that you will pass the test.
Is this/that yours? Yes, it is.
Are those/these yours? Yes, they are.
This/that is Mrs/Mr Jones. She/he is in charge here.

Indefinite

F. 1) Any of you can do it.

Anybody can answer this question.
Has anyone seen my glasses.
Is there anything I can do for you?

Nobody answered my question. (2

None of his children is tall.
There is nothing in the drawer.

3) If you need more money, you can take some from me.
Some of them have done very well in the exam.
Some (=some people) have escaped arrest.
There is somebody/someone on the phone for you.
I’ve got something in my eye.

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 All of them are my friends. (4
Did you meet them all?
Have you drunk all of the milk?
Have you drunk it all?
All are equal in the eye of law.

5) Both of their children live abroad.

I love them both.

One should love one’s country. (6

Everyone loves his country.
Everything has its ways.

7) You can borrow any one book at a time.

There aren’t any cakes left – they’ve eaten every one.