They were talking, though I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were on the far side of the gallery. They stopped in front of a case and I could see their faces quite clearly. They stood there looking at each other, not talking any more, and I realized I hadn't made a mistake after all. Absolutely not. They didn't touch each other, they just stood and looked; it seemed like ages. I don't imagine they knew I was there.
And that time I was shocked. Really shocked. I don't mind telling you, I thought it was disgusting. He was an ordinary-looking person - he might have been a schoolmaster or something, he wore those kind of clothes, old trousers and sweater, and he had greyish hair, a bit long. And there was she, and as I've said she wasn't pretty, not at all, but she had this marvelous look about her, and she was years and years younger. It was becasue of him, I realized, that she had that look.
-Penelope Lively
Refer to Penelope Lively's passage above to complete these exercises.
1. Find an example of each of these kinds of pronouns in the passage: personal, possessive, relative, and indefinite.
personal: "I" (is that all I have to put?)
possessive: "her"
relative: "
indefinite: "something"
2. Identify the nominative pronouns and the objective pronoun in this sentence: "It was becuase of him, I realized, that she had that look."
It -?
Him - ?
I - ?
She - ?
I don't really get this part.
3. Identify the persons - first, second, or third - in the sentence, "I don't mind telling you, I thought it was disgusting."
I - first
you - second
I (the second I) - first
it - third
1. Find an example of each of these kinds of pronouns in the passage: personal, possessive, relative, and indefinite.
personal: "I" (is that all I have to put?)
possessive: "her"
relative: " relative pronouns are who, which, whose, whom, etc.
indefinite: "something"
2. Identify the nominative pronouns and the objective pronoun in this sentence: "It was becuase of him, I realized, that she had that look."
It -?
Him - ?
I - ?
She - ?
I don't really get this part.
Nominative = subject; objective = direct object, indirect object, or object of preposition
3. Identify the persons - first, second, or third - in the sentence, "I don't mind telling you, I thought it was disgusting."
I - first
you - second
I (the second I) - first
it - third
good!
Let us know what you think about the ones I noted above, and we'll give you feedback.
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1. Personal: The personal pronoun in the passage is "I" which refers to the speaker.
Possessive: The possessive pronoun is "her" which shows ownership or possession.
Relative: There doesn't seem to be any relative pronouns in the provided passage.
Indefinite: The indefinite pronoun in the passage is "something," which refers to an unspecified thing or object.
2. Nominative Pronouns: In the sentence "It was because of him, I realized, that she had that look," the nominative pronouns are "I" (referring to the speaker) and "she" (referring to the woman).
Objective Pronoun: The objective pronoun is "him," which is the object of the preposition "because of."
3. The persons in the sentence "I don't mind telling you, I thought it was disgusting" are:
- "I" refers to the first person (the speaker).
- "You" refers to the second person (the person being spoken to).
- "It" refers to the third person (an object or situation being referred to).