Pronouns:
i) Replaces a noun in the sentence.
ii) Pronoun can do everything that noun can do.
iii) They can be subject or predicate.
What are subject and predicate?
Every complete sentence has two parts. One is subject and the other one is predicate.
Subject tells us what (or who) the sentence is about.
Predicate tells us what the subject does.
Examples:
i) Nathan was eating a sandwich.
Nathan – Subject; Sandwich – object.
ii) Sam loves football.
Sam – Subject; football – object.
iii) The dentist pulled out a tooth.
The dentist – subject; tooth – object.
Various pronouns are I, WE, YOU, HEM SHE, IT,
THEY.
Why do we need them as we already have nouns?
i) To avoid repeating nouns.
ii) Repeating nouns make sentences cumbersome and complex.
Examples:
Raj bought the book because raj wanted to read it. (Using noun only)
Raj bought the book because he wanted to read it. (Using noun and pronoun)
The dog was barking because the dog was hungry. (Using noun only)
The dog was barking because it was hungry. (Using noun and pronoun)
Prakshi was crying so, prakshi’s father gave prakshi a bicycle. (Using noun only)
Prakshi was crying so, her father gave her a bicycle.
No comments:
Post a Comment