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Class 6 Chapter - 3: Pronouns

Unit 3

What I Know

1. These/Those – demonstrative

2. themselves – reflexive

3. me/you/him/her/us – personal

4. myself – emphasising

5. his/hers/mine/theirs/ours – possessive

Exercises

A.

1. nobody

2. anything

3. somebody

4. anyone

5. everything

6. Something, somewhere

7. everywhere, anywhere

8. nowhere

9. nothing, Everybody


B.

1. everywhere

2. No one / Nobody

3. anywhere

4. something

5. someone / somebody

6. Everyone / Everybody

7. anything

8. everything

9. nowhere

10. No one / Nobody

11. Somewhere

12. anyone / anybody

C.

1. I waited but anybody nobody came.

2. Where is anybody everybody going?

3. Did you even hear something anything I’ve just said?

4. There is anywhere nowhere in the world I’d rather be.

5. Anybody Everybody/Nobody was angry with me.

6. I haven’t got nothing anything to say.

7. Could we go anywhere somewhere to eat?

8. Do you not want to go nowhere somewhere/anywhere?


D. Answers may vary. Sample answers:

Everyone should do their bit to protect the world we live in.
Since we are all part of the global ecosystem, everyone needs to conserve and protect plant
and animal life on land.
Something must be done to protect the world from becoming a desert.
Anybody can reduce deforestation by planting more trees.
We can plant trees everywhere and thereby reduce deforestation.
We must do everything possible to protect the soil and reverse land degradation.
Something should be immediately done to protect biodiversity.
We should ensure that nothing threatens our endangered species.

Grammar Fun

1. The word here
2. Anybody, Everybody, Nobody, Somebody and What
3. Shadow
Self-Assessment
• indefinite pronouns
• indefinite pronouns, positive, negative, interrogative

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