Different Types of Pronouns!
Definition of Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun. I, we, you, he, she, it, they, are pronouns.
Example:
- Ali is a good boy because Ali does his work in time. (Not suitable)
- Ali is a good boy because he does his work in time. (Suitable)
Note: in the second sentence we have used a pronoun (he) in place of a noun (Ali) which make our sentence look professional.
Different Types of Pronouns – Video
Personal Pronoun
A personal pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a particular being. (I, we, they, you, he, she, it)
Personal Pronoun Table
| ———————— |
First Person |
Second Person |
Third Person | ||
| Singular | Plural | ———– | Singular | Plural | |
| Subject Pronoun | I | We | You | He, she, it | They |
| Object Pronoun | Me | Us | You | Him, her, It | Them |
| Possessive Adjectives | My | Our | Your | His, her, its | Their |
| Possessive Pronouns | Mine | Ours | yours | His, hers, its | Thiers |
Examples:
| I like horses. | Subject Pronoun |
| Horses don’t like me. | Object Pronoun |
| We talk to our neighbor. | Subject Pronoun |
| She talks to us. | Object Pronoun |
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives show possession. They are used before nouns. They are never used alone.
Examples:
- This is my Pen.
- It is your car.
- Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronouns show possession. They are never followed by nouns. They are used alone.
Examples:
- This pen is mine.
- This car is yours.
Reflexive Pronoun
A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence.
Example
- I am teaching myself how to drive a car.
| Personal pronoun | Reflexive pronoun |
| I | Myself |
| We | Ourselves |
| You | Yourself |
| He | Himself |
| She | Herself |
| It | Itself |
| They | Themselves |
| One | Oneself |
When to use reflexive pronoun?
- We use the reflexive pronoun the subject and object are the same in a sentence.
Examples
- I hurt myself.
- He shot himself.
Reflexive pronoun as an object of a preposition
Examples
- I bought a book for
- The man is talking to
Relative Pronoun
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that qualifies as an antecedent.
Example:
- I saw a man who was blind. (who is a relative pronoun)
Note: “Who, whom, whose, which, that” are relative pronouns.
Indefinite pronoun
An indefinite pronoun refers to something or someone that is not definite or specific.
Example:
Someone has stolen my pen.
Here someone is an indefinite pronoun.
| all | another | any | anybody |
| anyone | anything | each | everybody |
| everyone | everything | few | many |
| nobody | none | several | some |
| one | somebody | someone |
Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative pronoun asks questions. They include who, whom, what, which, and whose.
Distributive Pronoun
Either, neither and each are called distributive pronouns.
Examples:
- Each of man loves his children.
- Either road leads to school.
- None of this boy is idle.
Demonstrative pronoun
This, that, these, those are called demonstrative pronoun.
Examples:
- This is funny.
- That is funny.
- These are funny.
- Those are funny.
Reciprocal pronoun
Each other and one another are called reciprocal pronoun.
Examples:
- Joe and Lie loves each other. (Lie loves Joe and Joe loves Lie, the action is reciprocated.)
- The two sisters gave each other presents.
- The Christmas’s, people give gifts to each other.
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