Pronouns make links to what has already been said and
help avoid repetition. Pronouns can be used as cohesive
devices in order to create cohesion. A pronoun is a word
that stands in for a noun, often to avoid the need to
repeat the same noun over and over. Like nouns,
pronouns can refer to people, things, concepts, and
places. Most sentences contain at least one noun or
pronoun. Pronouns do more than helping avoid
repetitiveness. They provide context, make sentences’
meanings clearer, and shape how we perceive people
and things. Read the sentences that follow and do what
is required.
I. Her aunt will be vacating next week.
II. That toy on the shelf is mine.
III. Did you do ityourself?
IV. She is the girl I was talking to you about.
V. I am going home today evening.
VI. All my friends are coming home for my birthday
party.
In the order they were respectively underlined and
written in bold letters, the pronouns written in the
sentences above have specific functions, check the
answer whose pronouns types are correspondent to the
ones read above.