Pronouns

Introduction

Find out the reference for pronouns

Task

Find out pronouns and the reference for them.

Process

Go to the following YouTube link and get a brief understanding of the use of pronouns first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFJuq5vwh0

Evaluation

  1. Read the following text and highlight all the pronouns.

THE SEVEN OLD SAMURAI Once upon a time, in far off Japan, a band of fierce robbers had their hiding place on top of a mountain almost always covered with grey clouds, windswept and battered by storms. The robbers lived in a large cave where they had piled their spoils. Now and again, they went down the mountain, attacked a village, murdered the poor folk they chanced upon, stole whatever they could lay hands on and burned it to the ground. Wherever the robbers passed, there was nothing but smoking ruins, weeping men and women, misery, mournlng and desolation. The Emperor, worried at this, had sent his soldiers to attack the mountain, but the robbers had always managed to drive them off. The Emperor sent for one of the last remaining Samurai, old Raiko, and said to him: "Raiko, you've served me for many years. Do my bidding for one last time. Go to the mountain at the head of an army and wipe out these bloodthirsty bandits." Raiko sighed.

    2.  Write down the reference for all the pronouns.

 

Conclusion

Congratulations!

Now you know what pronouns and how to find the reference of pronouns.