Exercises

1. Group out the following words:

something, neither, I, she, it, that (those), we, yourself (yourselves), they, other, my, another, her, its, ourselves, your, their, mine, anything, his, ours, everything, theirs, myself, each, our, each other, one another, anyone, this (these), themselves, such, either, anybody, nothing, who(3), whose(3), what(3), which(3), that(2), as, nobody, every, you, everyone, no, all, yours, both, he, some, any, somebody, someone, everybody, one, none, (the) same, no one, his.

(1) personal	I, she, it, we, they, you, he, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, one, no one, anyone, anybody
(2) possessive	my, her, its, our, your, their, mine, his, ours, yours, theirs
(3) reflexive	yourself (yourselves), herself, ourselves, themselves, myself
(4) reciprocal	each other, one another
(5) demonstrative	that (those), this (these), such
(6) interrogative	who, whose, what, which, that
(7) relative	who, whose, what, which, that
(8) conjunctive	as
(9) defining	every, each, this, that, these, those
(10) indefinite	something, another, anything, some, any, somebody, someone, everybody, one, none, nobody, everyone, no one, anybody, nothing, anyone, everybody, one, no one
(11) negative	neither, no, none, nobody, nothing

2. Pronouns perform different functions in the sentence. Define what functions the underlined pronouns perform in the following sentences:

1. The men were not grave and dignified. They lost their tempers easily and called one another names...

2. Not until moon and stars faded away and streaks of daylight began to appear, did Maatje Brinker and Hans look hopelessly into each other’s face.

3. They look at one another for a moment.

4. Her idolatry of this man was such that she herself almost feared it to be ill-omened.

5. But such thoughts and visions did not prevent him from following Professor Caldwell closely.

6. We were in the same classes.

7. It is to be feared the same could not be said of you, were you to be called hence.

8. Martin’s Sunday was the same as before.

9. Who, do you think, has been to see you, Dad? She couldn’t wait! Guess.

10. “What’s been happening, then?” he said sharply.

11. What June had taken for personal interest was only the impersonal excitement of every Forsyte...

12. What you want, in fact, is a first-rate man for a fourth-rate fee, and that’s exactly what you’ve got!

13. He just loved me, that is all.

14. Both seemed to implore something to shelter them from reality.

15. The light, admitted by windows at both ends, was unfortunately not Chinese.

16. He paid a dollar each.

17. No one will see us. Pull down that veil and everything will be all right.

18. Of course, class is everything, really.

19. “I watch the fire — and the boiling and the roasting — ” “When there is any,”

20. ...and his attention slid at once from such finality to the dust motes in the bluish sunlight coming in. Thrusting his hand up he tried to catch some.

21. Where is his home? He didn’t have any.

22. I told you once that I have no one in the world but you.

23. Neither was wise enough to be sure of the working of the mind of the other.

24. I like neither of them.

25. We approved neither plan.

1. "One another" performs the function of a reciprocal pronoun, indicating mutual action between multiple individuals.

2. "Each other’s" performs the function of a possessive pronoun, indicating possession or relationship between two people.

3. "One another" performs the function of a reciprocal pronoun, indicating mutual action between multiple individuals.

4. "Such" performs the function of a demonstrative pronoun, indicating a degree or extent of something previously mentioned.

5. "Such" performs the function of a demonstrative pronoun, indicating a degree or extent of something previously mentioned.

6. "Same" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating identity or similarity.

7. "Same" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating identity or similarity.

8. "Same" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating identity or similarity.

9. "Who" performs the function of an interrogative pronoun, introducing a question.

10. "What’s" performs the function of an interrogative pronoun, introducing a question.

11. "What" performs the function of an interrogative pronoun, introducing a question.

12. "What" performs the function of an interrogative pronoun, introducing a question.

13. "All" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating completeness or entirety.

14. "Both" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating two items.

15. "Both" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating two items.

16. "Each" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating individual items in a group.

17. "Everything" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating all things.

18. "Everything" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating all things.

19. "Any" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating an unspecified quantity.

20. "Some" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating an unspecified quantity.

21. "Any" performs the function of an indefinite pronoun, indicating absence or lack of a specific thing.

22. "No one" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating absence or lack of people.

23. "Neither" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating exclusion of two options.

24. "Neither" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating exclusion of two options.

25. "Neither" performs the function of a pronoun, indicating exclusion of two options.