Active Grammar 1 - Nigel Turton 2007
Unit 4 Pronouns
● Personal pronouns
● Demonstrative pronouns
● Interrogative pronouns
● Personal pronouns
(I, you, she, we)
Here are some more of Sally's pictures.
Fiona is a little girl.
She has lots and lots of toys.
She plays the violin at night.
And makes a terrible noise.
Simon is a little boy.
He can't run very fast.
When he takes part in races,
He always finishes last.
Look at the words in Box A and Box B. Can you see the difference?
BOX A
Fiona is a little girl.
Fiona has lots of toys.
Fiona plays the violin
And makes a terrible noise.
BOX В
Fiona is a little girl.
She has lots of toys.
She plays the violin
And makes a terrible noise.
When you are talking about someone, you usually use their name just once. The next time you use she or he.
She and he belong to a small set of words called personal pronouns.
PRACTICE
Fill in each blank with the correct pronoun.
● Demonstrative pronouns
(this, that, these, those)
Sally is showing Jill some of the things in her bedroom.
Sally is showing Lisa some of her toys.
When do you use this and when do you use that?
You use this for someone or something that is near you.
You use that for someone or something that is not near you.
You use these and those in the same way.
REMINDER
You use these and those when you are talking about more than one person or thing.
REMINDER
You use these for people and things that are near you.
You use those for people and things that are not near you.
PRACTICE
Fill in each blank with the correct pronoun.
this that these those
● Interrogative pronouns
(who, what, which, whose, whom)
Simon meets a friend in the toy shop. Simon is Sally's brother.
When you ask a question, you often use one of these words:
who what which whose
Grammar Help
Whom also belongs in this group but most of the time you use who.
Some people call these interrogative pronouns.
what
You use what to ask about actions.
You also use what to ask about things.
who
You use who to ask about people.
who and whom
In formal English, you
use whom with words
like to, for, with or from.
In everyday English, you use who.
Grammar Help
In formal English, you also use whom when it is the object of a verb:
Whom did you tell?
In everyday English, you use who.
Who did you tell?
which
You use which to ask about a particular person or thing.
which and what
You use which when someone has to choose.
Which would you like, an apple, an orange or a pear?
Which is your pencil, this one or that one?
You use what when the answer could be anything.
What would you like to eat?
What is your favourite colour?
whose
You use whose to ask who something belongs to.
PRACTICE
1 In each group of sentences only one sentence is correct. Find the correct sentence and put a tick in the box.
a i Who is your telephone number?
ii What is your telephone number?
iii Whose is your telephone number?
b i What is the tallest person in your family?
ii Whose is the tallest person in your family?
iii Who is the tallest person in your family?
c i What did you do last night?
ii Whose did you do last night?
iii Which did you do last night?
d i Which is your bag, the blue one or the red one?
ii Whose is your bag, the blue one or the red one?
iii What is your bag, the blue one or the red one?
e i What is this ruler? Does it belong to you?
ii Which is this ruler? Does it belong to you?
iii Whose is this ruler? Does it belong to you?
f i What is the capital of Malaysia?
ii Who is the capital of Malaysia?
iii Which is the capital of Malaysia?
2 Complete the questions with who, what which or whose.
