Exercise 1.2 B Categorising pronouns Pronoun Personal pronoun Possessive* pronoun Relative pronoun you his which your that him I hers it who their me *Sometimes like ‘his’ are possessive pronouns, e.g. the book was his. Sometimes they are possessive determiners, i.e. possessive pronouns acting as adjectives, e.g. It was his book. It is not necessary to make this distinction with children. Exercise 1.3 B Categorising pronouns Sentence Personal pronouns Possessive pronouns* Relative pronouns My elephant has one red foot which he dyed by standing in blackcurrant jam when he was just a young calf. he he my which The vampire, who had loved to drink blood since he was bitten, reached his hands towards my face. he his my who Your sister has really pretty eyes; I love the way that they sparkle. I they Your The book of magic spells, which was open on his table, seemed to call to him. him his which The bagpipe player, who had been polishing his pipes for weeks, was upset when my octopus climbed on his back! his my his who The king, who loved the jester he had sent to his daughter, asked me to sing for him instead. he me him his who The old castle, the witches held their knitting competitions, looked very scary to me. me their where He grabbed her hand and pressed the doorbell which shone with a magic glow. He her which
it it it it She the ship the ship the ship the ship Stella 5. Derek knew that he wasn’t like the other robots. They were more advanced in many ways but Derek didn’t think that was the problem. The difference between him and the other robots was that they didn’t like their human masters. That worried Derek, he wanted to protect the humans. They had always been good to him and he enjoyed his work in the custard factory. One Monday morning, on his way to the factory, Derek decided to tell the human foreman about his worries. The humans told him that they were aware of the mutterings but that, advanced as the other robots were, they couldn’t attack or even disobey humans! Pronoun Refers to he They him they he They him he him they Derek the other robots Derek the other robots Derek the humans Derek Derek Derek the other robots 6. Ranjit the werewolf was prepared for the swingball tournament. He knew that the vampires had won the last three years running. They had the advantage of supernatural speed and reactions. Ranjit didn’t let that trouble him though. He had been training all summer, building up his strength. Werewolves were naturally stronger than vampires anyway and with all of the training, Ranjit knew that he would be the strongest person in the tournament. On the day of the tournament, when the third vampire had a bat destroyed by the power of Ranjit’s swing, he was declared the winner. Pronoun Refers to He They him He he he Ranjit the vampires Ranjit Ranjit Ranjit Ranjit Exercise 1.6 B Relative pronouns 1. Janet, who is a mermaid, was sitting on her favourite rock off the coast of Copenhagen. Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark. The rock, where Janet liked to sit, was out of sight of the city and Janet had fallen asleep in the sunshine. The pirate ship, which was crewed entirely by bad fairies, came over the horizon. The fairies, whose favourite food was toasted mermaid tail, licked their lips when they saw Janet. Fortunately, one of the pirate fairies,