CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Pronouns And Possessive Adjectives

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Pronouns And Possessive Adjectives

1. We may say—

Sheela is absent because Sheela is ill.

But it is better to avoid the repetition of the noun Sheela, and say

Sheela is absent because she is ill.

Pronoun Definition:

A word that is used to replace a noun is called a pronoun.

(The word ‘Pronoun’ means Tora noun.)

2. If the number of nouns is singular, persons of the male sex are referred to by ‘he, him, his, himself. Persons of the female sex take ‘she, her, hers, herself. Non-living things are referred to by ‘it, its and itself.’

3. If the number of nouns is plural, persons of either sex as well as the non-living things, are referred to by ‘they, them, their, theirs, themselves’.

4. An animal is generally referred to by the neuter ‘it’, even if the noun denotes one sex only.

I watched the cow as it grazed peacefully. However, if there is something in the situation that draws attention to the sex of the animal, then lie’ or ‘she’ may be used.

There is a cow with her calf. For animals which occur in a story as characters or the animals which are thought of as members of the family, he, she etc may be used.

We have a monkey in the house. Have you seen him?

5. The words ‘his’, ‘her’, and others derived from them are called possessive adjectives. They must agree in gender with the words that they refer. The gender of these possessive adjectives has nothing to do with the nouns they follow:

Ram gave a present to his mother. (not her mother)

Sita gave a present to her brother as well as to her sister.

(not his brother or his sister)

The cycle was restored to its owner. (not his or her owner)

Look at the following table. It will help you to use correct pronoun or possessive adjective.

The table above gives only the third person.

The one below is more exhaustive:

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Pronouns And Possessive Adjectives Fill In The Blanks

Question 1. Ram and……were present.
Answer: I/you/he/she

Question 2. Can you sing as well as………….?
Answer: he/they/I/she

Question 3. Wait for Mohan and………
Answer: me/them/us/her

Question 4. It was……that gave you the alarm.
Answer: I/he/she

Question 5. We are not so poor as …………
Answer: he/they/she/you

Question 6. The poor boy has lost ……… mother.
Answer: his

Question 7. I am two years older than ……… brother.
Answer: his/her/their

Question 8. Ram has taken ……….. wife to the doctor
Answer: his

Question 9. The manager asked the visitors to wait outside ……office.
Answer: his/her

Question 10. Have you seen …………. pen anywhere?
Answer: his/her

CBSE Class 6 English Grammar The Pronouns And Possessive Adjectives Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

Question 1. Martha likes to do her work herself

1. Possessive
2. Distributive
3. Demonstrative
4. Reflexive

Answer: 4. Reflexive

Question 2. This pen is mine

1. Possessive pronoun
2. Distributive pronoun
3. Demonstrative pronoun
4. Interrogative pronoun

Answer: 1. Possessive pronoun

Question 3. The boy has lost his mother

1. Possessive pronoun
2. Possessive noun
3. Possessive adjective
4. Possessive verb

Answer: 1. Possessive pronoun

Question 4…….have done the work

1. He
2. It
3. She
4. They

Answer: 4. They

Question 5. You must write …….alphabets clearly

1. His
2. These
3. Her
4. This

Answer: 2. These

Question 6.

1. This is the boy which I met yester¬ day
2. This is the boy whom I met yesterday
3. This is the boy that I met yesterday day
4. This is the boy whose I met yester- day

Answer: 2. This is the boy whom I met yesterday

Question 7.

1. This is the pen whom belongs to me
2. This is the pen who belongs to me
3. This is the pen which belongs to me
4. This is the pen whose belongs to me

Answer: 3. This is the pen which belongs to me

Question 8.

1. The dog whose was sleeping did not bark
2. The dog that was sleeping did not bark
3. The dog whom sleeping did not bark
4. The dog which sleeping did not bark

Answer: 2. The dog that was sleeping did not bark

Question 9.

1. My brother who is a physician lives in Burma
2. My brother which is a physician lives in Burma
3. My brother whom is a physician lives in Burma
4. My brother that is a physician lives in Burma

Answer: 1. My brother who is a physician lives in Burma

Question 10.

1. The cobra, whom is a large snake, is poisonous
2. The cobra who is a large snake, is poisonous
3. The cobra which is a large snake, is poisonous
4. The cobra, which is a large snake, is poisonous

Answer: 4. The cobra, which is a large snake, is poisonous