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Pronouns Possessive and Indefinite.

1. Possessive pronouns show who or what has something, while indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific person, place, or thing. 2. Chang Ch'ien was an officer in the Chinese army who was sent by Emperor Wu-ti on a dangerous mission to find and form an alliance with the Yueh-chih people against the invading Huns. 3. After being captured by Huns for ten years, Chang Ch'ien escaped and traveled over 10,000 miles exploring central Asia and learning valuable information that he brought back to Emperor Wu-ti after 12 years away.

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Pronouns Possessive and Indefinite.

1. Possessive pronouns show who or what has something, while indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific person, place, or thing. 2. Chang Ch'ien was an officer in the Chinese army who was sent by Emperor Wu-ti on a dangerous mission to find and form an alliance with the Yueh-chih people against the invading Huns. 3. After being captured by Huns for ten years, Chang Ch'ien escaped and traveled over 10,000 miles exploring central Asia and learning valuable information that he brought back to Emperor Wu-ti after 12 years away.

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Pronouns: Possessive and Indefinite

A possessive pronoun shows who or what has something. Possessive pronouns replace
possessive nouns. They may come before a noun or they may stand alone.
His bike was stolen. The bike was his.
USED BEFORE NOUNS USED ALONE
Singular: my, your, his, her, its mine, yours, his, hers, its
Plural: our, your, their ours, yours, theirs

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.

The indefinite pronouns all, any, most, none, and some can be singular or plural
depending on the phrase that follows. When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject
of a sentence, the verb must agree with it in number.
Everyone attends the weekly assemblies. (singular)

Several look forward to them very much. (plural)

Most of the assembly is interesting to the students. (singular)

Most of the assemblies are in the afternoon. (plural)

COMMON INDEFINITE PRONOUNS


Singular: another anything everybody much no one somebody
anybody each everyone neither nothing someone
anyone either everything nobody one something
Plural: both few many others several
Exercise 1 Underline the correct pronoun in parentheses. In the blank identify the
pronoun as poss. (possessive) or ind. (indefinite).

ind. (Most, One) of the greatest Chinese explorers was Chang Ch’ien.
poss. 1.
Chang Ch’ien lived during the second century B.C. in China and was an officer
in (its, others) army.
poss. 2. (Yours, His) explorations helped the Han dynasty to flourish.

poss. 3. (Its, Some) emperor at the time, Wu-Ti, sent him on many missions.

poss. 4. During (his, my) lifetime, China was invaded by the Huns, a fierce warrior people.

ind. 5. Finally, the Chinese emperor, Wu-ti, decided that (something, several) had to be

done about the marauding Huns.


poss. 6. Wu-ti knew that China needed an ally in (its, either) fight against the Huns.

poss.

7. (My, His) choice was a people called the Yueh-chih from central Asia.

ind.

8. (Few, Either) knew the exact location of the Yueh-chih.

ind.

9. To find them, (somebody, their) would have to undertake a dangerous search

through unknown country.


poss.

10. China was a large kingdom, but (its, much) western border had not been

completely explored.
poss.

11. To protect (neither, his) kingdom, an earlier emperor, Shih Huang-ti, had built

the Great Wall, four thousand miles long.


ind.

12. Although the Great Wall was able to slow down the invading Hun army,

(nothing, either) could keep them out completely.


ind.

13. Emperor Wu-ti chose Chang Chien, (one, others) of his best and bravest

officers, to lead the dangerous mission.


poss.

14. Along with one hundred soldiers and precious gifts for the Yueh-chih king,

Chang Ch’ien and his party began (her, their) journey.


ind.

15. However, as soon as they passed the Great Wall on their way west, they were

attacked by Huns and almost (everybody, nothing) was killed.


poss.

16. Chang himself spent ten years as a prisoner but learned much about (its, his)

captors while planning his escape.


ind.

17. When Chang finally escaped, he traveled west, where (several, few) had ever

gone before.
poss.

18. He crossed the vast and deadly Gobi, with (its, their) broiling heat and bitter

cold, and traveled almost ten thousand miles!


ind.

19. He explored areas of present-day Afghanistan and Tibet, heard of faraway

civilizations in Persia, India, and even Rome, and learned (everybody, much)

that would prove valuable to Emperor Wu-ti.


poss.

20. At last in 126 B.C., twelve long years after (their, his) departure, Chang

returned to the emperor’s court, where he was welcomed as a great hero and

given the title of the Great Traveler.

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