Pronouns
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00:00Hi kids, today we will learn about pronouns, so let's start.
00:11Let's learn the definition of pronouns.
00:14Pronouns are those words that are used in place of nouns.
00:19Let's learn with the help of some examples.
00:24Let's read the following sentences.
00:28My name is Daniel, I have a car.
00:33Here the person we are talking about is Daniel, but there are two more words that refer to
00:40Daniel which are my and I.
00:46My name is Daniel, my refers to Daniel.
00:52I have a car, I refers to Daniel.
00:58So the words my and I refer to the naming word Daniel.
01:04So these words are pronouns.
01:09John is a good singer, he earns well.
01:14Here the person we are talking about is John and the other word which is used for John
01:20is he, he earns well.
01:26He means John, John earns well.
01:32So he is a word that is being used in the place of the naming word John.
01:39So he is a pronoun.
01:44Birds are sitting on a tree, they are blue in color.
01:50What is blue in color?
01:53What does they refer to?
01:56They refers to birds.
01:59So they is being used in the place of the naming word birds.
02:05So they is a pronoun.
02:09So kids, the words that are used in the place of naming words are called pronouns.
02:16We will learn more about them with lot many examples.
02:22First take a look at the various pronouns we have.
02:26I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone,
02:42everybody, etc.
02:46Some pronouns are used only for masculine naming words like he, his, himself, him.
02:56Some pronouns are only used for feminine naming words like she, her, herself.
03:04Some pronouns can be used for any of the genders like I, me, you, they, them, us, whose, someone,
03:16one, everybody, those, whoever, etc.
03:22Some pronouns are only used for singular naming words like it, he, she, you, him, her, his.
03:33These pronouns only refer to singular naming words.
03:39And some nouns can only be used to refer plural naming words.
03:44They, we, them, those, these.
03:48These pronouns can only be used to refer to plural nouns.
03:54Now, here we have a picture and a sentence is given which is incomplete.
04:02Now we have to fill an appropriate pronoun in the blank to suit the picture.
04:09Dash is playing in the park.
04:12So which pronoun according to the picture will suit here?
04:16The picture is of a boy playing in the park.
04:20So can we write she is playing in the park?
04:24No, because she is a pronoun that can only be used to refer to a feminine noun.
04:32He is playing in the park.
04:36Yes, we can write he as a boy is playing in the park.
04:43Now we have another picture.
04:46Dash is raining.
04:49Can we write he is raining?
04:52No, as he is only used for masculine naming words.
04:57She is raining.
05:00No, she is only used with feminine naming words.
05:05It is raining.
05:07Yes, because it can be used with a non-living thing.
05:14Now, here we have our next picture.
05:19Dash is dancing.
05:22The picture is of a girl who is dancing.
05:26So we can say they is dancing?
05:30No, they is a pronoun which is only used for plural naming words.
05:35And we have only a single girl here.
05:39So we will say she is dancing.
05:43Now here we have the next picture.
05:48Dash are playing cricket.
05:52Many boys are playing in the picture.
05:55So which pronoun can be used for them?
05:59He are playing cricket.
06:01No, we cannot use he as he is a pronoun that is used with singular naming words.
06:10Will we say they are playing cricket?
06:14Yes, because they is used with plural naming words.
06:19Now here we have our next picture.
06:23There are many students in the class.
06:26And Dash are studying.
06:30So which pronoun will suit here?
06:33We are talking about students, that is, plural in naming words.
06:39So we will say they are studying.
06:43Now we have some complete sentences.
06:47We have to see whether the pronoun used in the sentence is correct or not.
06:55John is a very polite boy, so everyone likes her.
07:01Is this sentence correct?
07:04No, we are talking about John.
07:07So we cannot say everyone likes her as her is a pronoun that is used with feminine naming words.
07:15And John is a boy.
07:18So we will say John is a very polite boy, so everyone likes him.
07:26Olivia is very pretty.
07:29Her dress is very beautiful.
07:32Is this sentence correct?
07:35Yes, this sentence is correct.
07:38The pronoun used for Olivia is her.
07:42And it is correct as her is a pronoun that is only used for feminine naming words.
07:49And Olivia is a feminine naming word.
07:54It is a nice party.
07:56We are having a lot of fun.
07:59Is this sentence correct?
08:02Yes, it is correct.
08:06Here we have our next picture.
08:10We are going to a party.
08:13Is this sentence correct?
08:17The pronoun used here is we.
08:20And we is used for plurals.
08:23And we are talking about more than one person.
08:27So the sentence is correct.
08:30We are going to a party.
08:33So kids, we learned so many examples of pronouns.
08:38Now let's have a quick look on the usage of pronouns.
08:42Here we have a paragraph and we will be circling all the pronouns in it.
08:49My teacher asked me and my friends to join dance classes.
08:56In this sentence, my, me, and my are referring to the same person who is narrating the paragraph.
09:07We all agreed, but one of my friends refused.
09:12In this sentence, the first pronoun we is referring to the friends of the narrator.
09:19And my is referring to the narrator.
09:24Her name was Tia.
09:27Here the pronoun is her, which is referring to Tia.
09:33She has her own reasons.
09:36Here the pronouns are she and her.
09:41Both are referring to Tia.
09:45She said that she did not like dancing, but singing.
09:51Here the pronoun is she, and it is used two times.
09:56She is referring to Tia.
10:00I told her that my brother also liked singing.
10:04Here the pronouns I and my are referring to the narrator.
10:11We all joined the dancing classes, but Tia didn't.
10:17Here the pronoun we is referring to friends of Tia.
10:23Instead, she joined singing classes happily.
10:28Here the pronoun she is referring to Tia.
10:33So kids, today we learned about pronouns and their usage.
10:40Now you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
10:44Bye-bye!