--Ask the children: Which child wants to see my drawing? Ask the children: _Who_ wants to see my drawing?
--Ask Charles for the pencil; Charles put the pencil into the drawer. Ask Charles for the pencil _which_ Charles put into the drawer. Ask Charles for the pencil _that_ he put into the drawer.
--Thank Charles. Charles gave you the pencil. Thank Charles _who_ gave you the pencil.
--Look at the children. You hear the children in the next room. Look at the children _whom_ you hear in the next room.
--Yesterday you put the flowers into a vase: change the water in the vase. Change the water in the vase into _which_ you put the flowers yesterday. Change the water in the vase _where_ you put the flowers yesterday. Change the water in the vase _that_ you put the flowers into yesterday.
--Choose among the pieces of cloth the cloth most like your dress. Choose among the pieces of cloth _the one which_ is most like your dress. Choose among the pieces of cloth _the one that_ is most like your dress.
--Here is the little girl. We found her pocketbook. Here is the little girl _whose_ pocketbook we found.
--Here is the boy. We saw him yesterday. Here is the boy _whom_ we saw yesterday.
--Select an inset from the insets used for drawing. Select an inset from _those which_ are used for drawing. Select an inset from _those that_ are used for drawing.
(Possessives: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs)
--This book is my book This book is _mine_
--This book is your book This book is _yours_
--Those pencils are his pencils Those pencils are _his_
--Those pencils are her pencils Those pencils are _hers_
--That house is our house That house is _ours_
--This money is your money This money is _yours_
--Those seats are their seats Those seats are _theirs_
--This place is its place This place is _its_
The function of the pronoun as a substitute for a noun has been made clear in the analysis of the above sentences. After the children themselves have composed the first sentence with the colored cards they form the second sentence by taking away the noun card and substituting the corresponding pronoun. In the work done by the teacher to give the child an idea of the normal position of the pronoun, let her remember that in Italian personal pronouns precede the verb except in interrogation (where the subject may follow) and in cases where the subject is specially emphasized and where the pronouns appear as a suffix (infinitive, participle and imperative).