2. TEACHER’S INDENTITY

3. Learning Outcomes 2. They will be able to uses of Pronouns. 1. About the classification of Pronouns. Students will be able to say:

4. Read the following sentences: Look at Deena. Deena is a student. Look at Deena. She is a student. Somaya and Bushra are students. Somaya and Bushra are from Kishoreanaj. Somaya and Bushra are students. They are from Kishoreganj. Deena replace by She. Somaya and Bushra replace by They.

5. These are called Pronoun Pronouns are words that replace nouns, nouns phrases or clauses. Can anyone say what kinds of Parts of speech are she and they

6. Perosonal Pronoun KINDS OF PRONOUNS Demonstrative Pronoun Interrogative Pronoun Relative Pronoun Indefinite Pronoun Distributive Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun Reciprocal Pronoun

7. Subject pronoun They may be used to express the subject within a sentence. Example: I Love my country. They are: I, you(singular), he, she, it, we, you(plural), they. Personal pronoun There are two sets of personal pronoun: Subject pronoun and object pronoun.

8. Object pronoun They may be used to express the object within a sentence. Example: Rita likes her. They are: Me, you(singular), him, her, it, us, you(plural), them.

9. Reflexive pronoun They are used as an that refers back to the object of the sentence. They are: Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself,, yourselves, themselves etc. Example: A computer can not work itself.

10. Possessive pronoun They are used to express a noun indicating ownership or possession. They are: Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs, myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves etc. Example: This house is ours.(pronoun) This is our house.(adjective)

11. Demonstrative pronoun They are used to point and to identify a noun indicating number and distance. Example: This (chair) is new but those (chairs) are old. Singular Plular Near Far This That These Those

12. Relative pronoun They are used to link one phrase or clause to another one. Example: I saw the man who was catching fish. They are: Who, which, that, what, whom, whose etc. Interrogative pronoun They are used to ask questions. Example: What is your name? They are: Who, which, that, what, whom, whose etc.

13. Indefinite pronoun An indefinite pronoun indicates only that you are talking about people or things, rather than referring to a specific person or thing. Example: Anybody can answer this question. They are: everybody, anybody, anyone, no one, everything, some one etc.

14. Reciprocal pronoun The reciprocal pronouns are used to indicate that people do the same thing. Example: We should help each other. They are: each other, one another.

15. GROUP WORK Match the following parts of sentences from column A to column B. Column A Column B (a) Interrogative pronoun (b) Relative pronoun (c) Distributive pronoun (d) Reflexive pronoun (e) Indefinite ( i) which, that (ii) each, every (iii) one, some, any (iv) myself, ourselves (v) what, who Answer: a)+v), b)+i),c)+ii),d)+iv),e)+iii)

16. EVALUATION 1.What is pronoun? 2.Give an example of interrogative pronoun? 3.Give an example of distributive pronoun?

17. HOME WORK Find out different types of pronouns of the colored words in the following sentences. 1.I was the fisherman who was catching fish. 2. These are my pens. 3. Each of the boys will get a prize. 4. The two brothers help each other. 5. With whom did you meet yesterday? 6. I did it by myself. 7. None of them can help him. 8. I met a man who is a teacher. 9. who did the work?10. I love my country. Ans: who -Relative, These -Demonstrative, Each -Distributive, each other -Reciprocal, whom -Interrogative, myself -Reflexive, None - Indefinite, who -Relative, who -Interrogative, 10. I - subject.