Pronoun for class 5 English

Personal pronouns are used as a substitute for the proper name of a person. It indicates specific things or people or animals too. Students will know personal pronoun definition, common mistakes and exceptions that occur while using them.

In this learning concept , students will learn the following:

• Types of pronouns.
• Types of personal pronoun with examples in sentences.
• Forms of personal pronouns.

All the learning concepts covered for Class 5 have illustrations, mind maps, and examples. Students can check their understanding by attempting to solve the two printable PDF personal pronouns worksheet. The solutions to these personal pronouns worksheets for class 5 are also available in PDF format.

Definition:

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. When you have to use the same noun repeatedly, a pronoun is used instead of the noun; hence, the same noun is usually not used repeatedly in the sentences that follow.

Example:

Rohit is going to watch a movie today. He will be eating pop corns as well.

Types of Pronouns:

There are eight types of pronouns. Let’s take a look at them.

We will focus only on personal pronouns in this chapter.

Personal Pronouns

The pronouns that are used to refer to a person are known as personal pronouns.

Example:

He has left for school, and she will leave shortly too.

Forms of Personal Pronouns

There are three forms of personal pronouns, and each has its own singular and plural forms. Let us have a look at them.

Did You Know?

 

Types of Personal Pronouns

There are two types of personal pronouns.

Subject pronouns are used to replace the name that is the used as a subject in a sentence. They are words like I, you, she, he, it, we, and they.

Example:

1. I went to the park.
2. She studied hard but could not clear the exam.

Object pronouns take the object’s place in a sentence that includes me, her, him, you, it, them, and us. These pronouns are used as both direct and indirect objects.

Example:

1. Give the keys to me.
2. Narrate a story to help her sleep.

Common Mistakes

1. Mistakes occur when subject and object forms are inverted. Object form is used instead of subject form.

   Example:

   Next week, my friends and I will be travelling to the hills. ✅
   Next week, my friends and me will be travelling to the hills. ❌

2. Using reflexive pronouns instead of personal pronouns is a major error. Do not replace a personal pronoun with a reflexive pronoun or pronouns ending in -self.

   Example:

   Both my parents and I enjoyed the trip. ✅
   Both my parents and myself enjoyed the trip. ❌

Exceptions:

1. Apart from using ‘it’ for things and animals. At times, ‘it’ is also used when the gender of an infant is not known.

   Example:

   When I went to visit my aunt in the hospital, I saw her child in her arms. It was crying very loudly.
   The word ‘it’ is used to refer to the child whose gender is not known.

Concept : Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used to express possession. Simultaneously they avert repetition in a sentence. In this chapter students will know possessive pronoun definition and common mistakes that could happen while using them.
In this learning concept students will learn:

• Types of possessive pronouns with definition and examples.
• Usage of these words in sentences.

All the learning concepts covered for Class 5 have illustrations, mind maps, and examples. After going through this concept, students can check their understanding by solving the two printable PDF possessive pronouns worksheet. The solutions to these possessive pronouns exercises are also available in PDF format.

Possessive Pronoun Definition:

• A pronoun that indicates ownership or possession of someone or something is called a possessive pronoun.
• Possessive pronouns can replace a noun or noun phrase or possessive adjective and it also prevents repetition of the nouns in the sentence.
• A possessive pronoun isn’t followed by a noun. It stands alone in a sentence.
• The words yours, mine, his, hers, ours, theirs are possessive pronouns.

Example:

• In the first sentence, we used the noun ‘cup’ three times. In the second sentence, we replaced the noun ‘cup’ and pronoun ‘my’ & ‘your’ with the possessive pronoun ‘mine’ and ‘yours’ to avoid repetition.
• ‘Mine’ and ‘yours’ are not followed by a noun. They are standing alone in a sentence.

Types of Possessive Pronouns

The usage of possessive pronouns is better understood when we look at the types of possessive pronouns. It can be divided into two types: Singular possessive pronouns and plural possessive pronouns.

a) Singular Possessive Pronouns:

When a possessive pronoun refers to only one person or thing, it is called a singular possessive pronoun. The list of singular possessive pronouns is –

• mine
• yours
• his
• hers

Examples:

In both sentences, we replaced the nouns ‘house’ and ‘umbrella’ with the singular possessive pronoun ‘yours’ and ‘hers’ to refer to one person.

b) Plural Possessive Pronouns:

When a possessive pronoun refers to more than one person or thing, it is called a plural possessive pronoun. The list of plural possessive pronouns is –

• ours
• yours
• theirs

Examples:

Instead of mentioning the nouns ‘class’ and ‘team’ repetitively, we used plural possessive pronouns ‘ours’ and ‘theirs’ to refer to more than one person.

Every personal pronoun has a possessive pronoun corresponding to it.

 

 

Common Mistakes:

1. Don’t make mistakes between possessive pronoun and possessive adjective.

• A possessive pronoun is not followed by a noun.

    Examples: The book is mine.

• A possessive adjective comes before a noun.

    Examples: This is my book.

2. We can’t change the form of a possessive pronoun into plural. It doesn’t matter whether a            possessive pronoun refers to one or more than one object. The form remains the same.

    Examples:

    This crayon is mine.✅

    These crayons are my.❌

Concept : Intensive Pronouns

Intensive pronouns emphasize the antecedent or the subject of the sentence. It is usually found after the noun or pronoun it's changing, but not essentially. In this chapter students will learn intensive pronoun definition, usage and the rules’ exceptions while using it.

In this learning concept, the following are covered:

• Types of intensive pronouns.
• Singular Intensive pronouns with definitions and examples.
• Plural intensive pronouns with definitions and examples.

All the learning concepts covered for Class 5 have illustrations, mind maps, and examples. Students after going through this concept, can assess their respective skills by solving the two printable PDF worksheets that consists of intensive pronouns exercises. The solutions to these are also available in PDF format.

Intensive Pronoun Definition:

• An intensive pronoun is a kind of a pronoun that emphasizes on one or more than one noun or pronoun.
• In a sentence, an intensive pronoun is placed after the noun or pronoun.
• It is defined as a pronoun that ends with the singular form ‘self’ or plural form ‘selves’.

Types of Intensive Pronouns:

An intensive pronoun can refer to one or more than one pronoun. It can be divided into two types singular intensive pronoun and plural intensive pronoun.

a) Singular Intensive Pronouns:

1. If an intensive pronoun refers to one person, it is a singular intensive pronoun. The suffix ‘self’ is found in the words

2. Singular intensive pronouns are myself, himself, herself, yourself, and itself.

Example:

• We used the intensive pronoun ‘herself’ to emphasize the pronoun ‘she’, and it was positioned right after the pronoun.
• Notice even if we omit ‘herself’ from the sentence, it makes a complete sentence. We used ‘herself’ just to put emphasis on the pronoun. Using the word ‘herself’ could mean that she completed a task on her own or she completed a task which she wouldn’t normally finish.

b) Plural Intensive Pronouns:

1. If an intensive pronoun refers to more than one person, it is a plural intensive pronoun.

2. Plural intensive pronouns are ourselves, themselves, and yourselves.

Example:

• The intensive pronoun ‘themselves’ is used to emphasize the plural pronoun ‘they’, and ‘themselves’ is placed right after the pronoun ‘they’.
• ‘Themselves’ is the plural intensive pronoun because it refers to more than one person.
• In this example also, if we remove ‘themselves’ from the sentence, it will still make a meaningful sentence. We used ‘themselves’ to stress the pronoun.

Exception:

1. Intensive pronouns are sometimes confused with reflexive pronouns; however, they differ in        terms of their usage.

    Example:

    a) Rasesh bought the ice cream for himself.

    b) Rasesh himself has bought the ice cream.

    In the first example, the ‘himself’ adds information to the part of the sentence and changes the meaning. ‘Himself’ is the object in the sentence. Hence, it is a reflexive pronoun. In the second example, the ‘himself’ adds emphasis to the sentence without which the sentence makes complete sense.

2. Sometimes, intensive pronouns can be positioned away from the noun they refer to.

    Example:

    Sonam wrote the poem herself.

3. Sometimes, they may not be connected with the subject but some other noun in the sentence.

    Example:

    Jitesh felt his effort itself was not good enough to finish the work.

Concept : Difference Between Personal and Reflexive Pronouns

In this concept, students will learn about the difference between personal and reflexive pronouns with examples and pictures. They will also study some pronouns that are explicitly used with reflexive pronouns

In this learning concept, the students will learn:

• To identify personal pronouns and reflexive pronouns.
• To find the difference between both pronouns.

Every concept for class 5 English students are explained with the help of examples, illustrations, and concept maps. Once you go through a concept, assess your learning by solving the two printable pronoun worksheets given at the end of the page.

Download the worksheets and check your answers with the worksheet solutions for the concept pronouns provided in PDF format.

Pronoun Definition

• A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase.
• Pronouns refer to a noun that has already been mentioned in the sentence.

Example:

Instead of using the noun ‘Shreya’ again, we use the pronoun ‘She’ in the second sentence.

Pronouns can be divided into many types, but we will discuss two pronouns: personal pronouns and reflexive pronouns.

What is a Personal Pronoun?

A personal pronoun sits in place of a noun which can be a particular person or thing.

Examples:

Neha slept early today as she worked hard.

The personal pronoun ‘she’ is used to replace the proper noun. The sentence means- Neha slept early today because she (Neha) worked hard.

What is a Reflexive Pronoun?

• A reflexive pronoun is used to reflect on the subject and is usually identified by the suffix ‘self’.
• Reflexive pronouns show that the object of the verb is the same as the subject. In simple words, the doer of the action is the same as the receiver of the action.

Examples:

She invited herself to the party.

In this sentence, ‘herself’ is the reflexive pronoun, ‘she’ is the subject and ‘herself’ is the object.

Pronouns Used with Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. Every reflexive pronoun is used with specific pronouns. These pronouns cannot be replaced by another pronoun as the pronoun shows the gender or the singular or plural form of the noun.

• ‘Myself’ is used with singular pronoun ‘I’
• ‘Yourself’ is used with the singular pronoun ‘you.’
• ‘Yourselves’ is used with the plural pronoun ‘you.’
• ‘Himself’ is used with the singular pronoun ‘he.’
• ‘Herself’ is used with the singular pronoun ‘she.’
• ‘Itself’ is used with the singular pronoun ‘it.’
• ‘Ourselves’ is used with the plural pronoun ‘we.’
• ‘Themselves’ is used with the plural pronoun ‘them.’
• ‘Oneself’ is used with the singular pronoun ‘one.’

Difference between Personal and Reflexive Pronouns

• Both personal and reflexive pronouns have different applications.
• The purpose of a personal pronoun is to substitute a noun, whereas the purpose of a reflexive pronoun is to clarify that the subject is acting on itself.

1. Example of Personal Pronoun:

         Sneha went to the market as she had to travel to the city soon.

         In the above sentence, ‘she’ is the personal pronoun.

     b. Example of Reflexive Pronoun:

         Harry sometimes talks to himself in his sleep.

         In the above example, ‘himself’ is the reflexive pronoun. Harry is talking to himself.

Common Mistakes:

While replacing any noun with a pronoun in a sentence, make sure to keep the gender in mind. The gender should be the same as the noun.

Correct and Incorrect Usage

Ravi is a nice boy; hence everybody likes him.

Ravi is a nice boy hence everybody likes her.