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Communication Skills-II

notes collective nouns

Collective nouns refer to groups consisting of more than one individual or thing. The group
represents more than one individual, even though it is a single unit.

Example: Family, organisation, college, etc.

Possessive nouns

Possessive nouns are nouns that name who or what has something. The possessive form of noun
is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people, countries, and animals. It also refers to
where someone spends their time.
We can add an apostrophe and s (’s) to form the possessive of most singular nouns.

Example: Rahul’s car, dog’s tail, Shakespeare’s novels, etc.
We can add an apostrophe (‘) to form the possessive of plural nouns that end with‘s’.

Example: Students’ exams, class’ furniture, Indians’ pride, etc.

We can add an apostrophe and s (’s) to form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end with s.

Example: Army’s dress, children’s toys, women’s dresses, etc.

10.1.3 Pronouns

A pronoun is s a word which can be used in place of a noun.

Example: Instead of saying-
“Ram is a student. Ram likes to play games. Ram lives in Mumbai.
We can say-
Ram is a student. He likes to play games. He lives in Mumbai.

The pronoun ‘he’ can be used in place of the noun Ram in order to avoid repeating the name
again and again. We use pronouns very often, especially so that we do not have to keep on
repeating a noun.

Personal Pronouns
Unlike nouns, personal pronouns sometimes have different forms for masculine/male (He),
feminine/female (she) and neutral (It). Personal pronouns have different forms depending on if
they act as subjects or objects.

Example: He (Subject) and
Him (object)
She (Subject) and

Her (Object)

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