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Let’s Learn Grammar

I. Relative, Reflexive, Emphatic Pronouns

• Relative pronouns like who, which, that, whom, and whose refer to nouns that are used
earlier in the same sentence.

He is a man whose opinion I respect.
• Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same.

The boy kicked himself.
• Emphatic pronouns are used to stress or emphasise something. These pronouns are
always written with the nouns or pronouns.

I myself told him about the meeting.

Fill in the blanks with the correct relative/reflexive/emphatic pronouns.

1. The house ________________ Harsh built is large.

2. This is the teacher ________________ I admire the most.
3. Sam ________________ repaired the computer.

4. They treated ________________ to icecream.

5. The book ________________ I read last week was excellent.
6. The monkey scratched ________________ .

7. The red cardigan is the one ________________ my mother knitted.

8. I ________________ have baked the cake.

9. Priya only thinks of ________________ .

10. These are the girls ________________ project has been selected.
11. You must give him the news ________________.

12. The three friends cooked the meal ________________ .

II. Modals

• intention (will, shall): I will/shall complete the 3-year course to get a degree.

• certainty (will, shall): The parliamentary elections will/shall be held next month.
• ability (can, could): I can/could learn to sing the song.

• possibility (can, could, may): It can/could/may rain tonight.
• permission (can, could, may): Can/Could/May I attend the special Christmas Service?

• suggestion (could): You could join the car pool to save fuel.
• advice (should): You should sing the song again.

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