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a pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. personal pronou…

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a pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
personal pronouns: i, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours, you, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs
reflexive pronouns: myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves
indefinite pronouns: all, another, any, anyone, both, each, everybody, everything, few, many, most, no one, some, several
the word that a pronoun stands for is called the pronouns antecedent.
amples
a alicia carried her umbrella to school.
a our guests served themselves at dinner.
tes some teachers prefer to call possessive forms of pronouns (such as my, his, and the) adjectives. follow your teachers instructions.
the pronouns they, them, their, and theirs are usually plural, but they can sometimes be used informally to refer to a single person, if a person chooses, or if a persons gender is unknown.
exercise 5 identifying pronouns
underline all the pronouns in the sentences below.

  1. every week, manuel forced himself to save part of his allowance.
  2. mr. and mrs. hernández were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.
  3. manuel decided to take them to their favorite italian restaurant.
  4. the meal would be fairly expensive, but he had been saving for the occasion for a few months.
  5. “may i come too?” sophia asked her brother as she sat down.
  6. “since i am already paying for three dinners,” manuel teased, patting his sister on the head, “you might have to pay for your meal yourself.”

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns. In the given sentences, we identify them based on their function as personal, reflexive, possessive etc. For example, 'himself' is a reflexive pronoun, 'his' is a possessive pronoun etc.

Answer:

  1. Every week, Manuel forced himself to save part of his allowance.
  2. Mr. and Mrs. Hernández were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.
  3. Manuel decided to take them to their favorite Italian restaurant.
  4. The meal would be fairly expensive, but he had been saving for the occasion for a months.
  5. “May I come too?” Sophia asked her brother as she sat down.
  6. “Since I am already paying for three dinners,” Manuel teased, patting his sister. “you might have to pay for your meal yourself.”