Pronoun Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers

Definition of Pronoun:
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun and does the work of a noun. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a common noun or a proper noun.

Basic English Grammar rules can be tricky. In this article, we’ll get you started with the basics of sentence structure, punctuation, parts of speech, and more.

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Pronoun Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers Pdf

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun and indicates someone or something which has been mentioned before.

1. Personal pronouns

  • First-person – I, me, my, myself, mine, we, us, our(s), ourselves
  • Second-person – you, your(s), yourself, yourselves
  • Third-person – he, him, his, himself, she, her(s), herself, them, their(s), themselves, it, its, itself

2. Relative pronouns

  • Who – used only for persons
  • Whom – used for persons (only in interrogative)
  • Whose – used for persons, animals, and also things without life
  • Which – used for animals and things without life
  • That – used for persons and things

Pronoun Solved Exercises Example for Class 9 CBSE

Diagnostic Test 9

The given passage has not been edited. Read the passage and edit it, underlining the errors in the passage. Write the correct word in the space provided.

Raman was a naughty boy that lived (a) …………………………………..
in the village of Tenali. Her mother did (b) …………………………………..
not know what to do with her as he refused to study or do any work. (c) …………………………………..
One day she took his son to see a sage. (d) …………………………………..
She told the holy man that his son was impossible. (e) …………………………………..
Answer:
(a) that/who
(b) her/his
(c) her/him
(d) his/her
(e) his/her

Score: For each correct answer award yourself 1 mark.
5 – good
4 or less – You need to develop your grammar skills through adequate practice.

Pronoun Practice Exercises Example for Class 9 CBSE

Fill in the blanks using suitable pronouns.

a. The sheer boredom of that evening was threatening to engulf ………………………….. . Not knowing how else to kill time I took up the task of learning a poem by heart. After ………………………….. had memorized , ………………………….. . I recited to six-year-old brother.

b. Old Mother Alison had fallen on evil days. She was an old old woman ………………………….. lived alone in a tumbledown hut on the outskirts of the village. Here life went on as it had done for centuries, the villagers eking out a scanty existence by catching fish in the big lake that stretched for miles, like an inland sea. Often a gale would arise, and lives would be lost. One such day, Mother Alison’s son did not return. The shock of ………………………….. death seemed too much for ………………………….., and ………………………….. became light-headed and strange. On wild nights, ………………………….. would wander along the lakeside. Perhaps that was why the villagers started caring for Mother Alison. Children came up in a crowd at ………………………….. approach and ………………………….. was cared for by all.

Verb Forms

In English, verbs play an indispensable part in our writing and conversations. As such, we find verbs in various different forms. For example, we can find a total of five forms of verbs in the word do, the first is the base word i. e., do, then the other four forms are did, done, doing, does. However, we also have words such as ‘be’ that have more than 8 forms. They are be, was, were, been, being, am, are and is.