Question

Questions 1–9: Write down the pronouns you find in each sentence. Indicate whether each pronoun is personal, interrogative, indefinite, demonstrative, or relative. (Classify possessive pronouns as personal pronouns.)

1. Any of several methods could be used to solve his problems.
2. Those are unnecessary actions.
3. That will be taken care of later.
4. Somebody forgot his or her raincoat.
5. Which did you give to them?
6. The causes for which John fought are now dead.
7. What are you planning to do now?
8. I prefer doing that to making a speech before them.
9. Bill asked, “Whose is that?”

Answer 1

The answers are as follows:
1. The pronoun in the sentence is 'HIS'. It is a POSSESSIVE pronoun. [PERSONAL PRONOUN]
2. The pronoun in the sentence is 'THOSE'. It is a DEMONSTRATIVE pronoun.
3. The pronoun in the sentence is 'THAT'. It is a RELATIVE pronoun.
4. The pronouns in the sentence are: 'SOMEBODY, HIS and HER'. 'Somebody' is an INDEFINITE PRONOUN, 'His' and 'Her' are possessive pronoun [Personal pronouns].
5. The pronouns in the sentences are 'WHICH and 'THEM'. 'Which' is an INTERROGATIVE pronoun, that is used to ask question while 'Them' is a PERSONAL pronoun.
6. The pronoun in the sentence is 'WHICH' It is a a RELATIVE pronoun.
7. The pronoun in the sentence is 'WHAT'. It is an INTERROGATIVE pronoun.
8. The pronoun in the sentence is 'THAT'. It is a DEMONSTRATIVE pronoun.
9. The pronouns in the sentence are 'WHOSE and THAT'. Whose is used as an interrogative pronoun in the sentence. 'THAT' is a DEMONSTRATIVE pronoun.

Pronouns are words that are used to replace nouns in sentences. There are different types of pronouns, these include: possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, demonstrative, interrogative and indefinite pronouns. All these pronouns can be used either as subjects or objects in sentences.

Answer 2

1. Any (indefinite); his (personal)

2. Those (demonstrative)

3. That (demonstrative)

4. Somebody (indefinite); his (personal); her (personal)

5. Which (interrogative); you (personal); them (personal)

6. which (relative)

7. What (interrogative); you (personal)

8. I (personal); that (demonstrative); them (personal)

9. Whose (interrogative); that (demonstrative)