Name the nouns for which the words printed in italics are used in the following sentences:—
| 1. | The teacher went home when he finished the lesson. | |
| 2. | The mother kissed her boy when she received him. | |
| 3. | A baby was sleeping, | |
| Its mother was weeping | ||
| For her husband was far on the wild raging sea. |
A word used for a noun is called a pronoun.
By the use of the pronoun, a person or thing is referred to without naming it, and the too frequent repetition of the same noun is avoided.
EXERCISE I.
Select the pronouns in the following sentences, and state the noun for which each is used:—
| 1. | Men find plants where they least expect them. | |
| 2. | The parents returned home when they found their child. | |
| 3. | The king took the hand of his friend and pressed it to his heart. | |
| 4. | A boy who is always grumbling will lose the friends that he has, and will not make many new ones. | |
| 5. | The ball lies where you left it. | |
| 6. | The boy’s father was anxious to send him to college, and therefore he studied the Latin grammar till he could bear it no longer. | |
| 7. | Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot | |
| O’er the grave where our hero we buried. | ||
| 8. | As John and Charles were walking by the river, they both fell into it. | |
| 9. | Tell me what brings you, gentle youth, to Rome; | |
| To make myself a scholar, sir, I come. | ||
| 10. | Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed | |
| That savèd she might be; | ||
| And she thought of Him who stilled the wave | ||
| On the Lake of Galilee. |
EXERCISE II.
1. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the speaker.
2. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the names of the speaker and others.