PRONOUNS
Pronouns are the words used instead of a noun or it’s a word that takes the place of a noun
Example: You, He, I, Him, Who, We, They, Them, Anyone, Something.
Possessive pronouns
Personal pronouns
Relative pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
Interrogative pronouns
Intensive pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns
Types of pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun is one that expresses ownership or possession. Singular Possessive Pronouns and Plural Possessive Pronouns are the two types of possessive pronouns. Singular possessive pronouns refer to only one person or thing and it includes hers, yours, mine, theirs, its, his. Plural possessive pronouns refers to more than one person or thing and it includes theirs, yours, ours.
Singular:Tom said we can take her book, but I don’t know which one is hers.
Jack is as short as his sister.
PluralThis is my chocolate and that one is yours.
His dog is cute but not as active as ours.Personal pronouns
A personal pronoun is a brief term that serves as a simple alternative for a person's proper name. It includes I, You, We, They, He, She, Him, Them, Her, His, It, Us, Me.
He is working with a software company
Her father is a doctor
I love to play cricket.Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause. The relative pronoun depends on the kind of relative phrase and what we're referring to. Who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when, what and why are the examples of relative pronouns.
The shoes that I bought yesterday are already torn.
Let us cross the road when we come to it.Reflexive Pronouns
When the subject and object of a sentence are the same, reflexive pronouns are used. For example: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves
I – Myself
You – Yourself
He – Himself
She – Herself
It – Itself
We – Ourselves
You – Yourselves
They – ThemselvesIndefinite Pronouns
A pronoun that does not specify what it refers to is called an indefinite pronoun.Forexample,.
SingularAnyone, Anybody, Anything, Somebody, Nobody, Each, Every, Much
PluralSeveral, Both, Few
EG: “He won’t tell this secret to anyone.”
“Everyone practiced for the music competition”
“Each individual is struggling in this pandemic”Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun is one that is used to refer to a specific person or object. This, that, these and those are the four demonstrative pronouns.
“This is my brother’s bike”
“That was such a wonderful experience”
“That looks like the bike I used to ride”Interrogative Pronouns
A pronoun used to ask a question is called an interrogative pronoun. For example, where, when, what, who, why, how.
“What is your father’s name?”
“Which food do you prefer?”
“Who was washing the clothes?”Intensive Pronouns
An intensive pronoun is a type of pronoun that is used to emphasize a noun or pronoun. For example-Herself, Himself, Yourself, Ourselves and Themselves.
“You yourself can easily change your life style”
“We built a small house by ourselves”
“Jack prepared his food himself”Reciprocal Pronouns
A reciprocal pronoun is a pronoun that conveys a mutual relationship. For example – Each other, one another.
“The students spent the afternoon by passing the ball to one another”
“Jack and Tom were talking to each other in the class”
“Martin and Rose love each other”