Pronoun:
A word that is used on the place of a noun. Example: He, she, I, they, etc.
Kinds of pronoun:
- Personal pronoun:
Person | Subjective Case | Objective case | Possessive Case |
First Person | I | Me | My/mine |
We | Us | Our/ours | |
Second Person | You | You | Your/yours |
Third Person | He | Him | His |
She | Her | Her/hers | |
It | It | Its | |
They | Them | Thier/thiers |
- Reflexive/Emphatic pronoun:
1. To form reflexive pronoun.
2. Singular possessive/objective case + self.
3. Plural possessive/objective case + selves.
- My + Self = Myself.
- Our + Selves = Ourselves.
- Your+ Self = Yourself.
- Your+ Selves = Yourselves.
- Him + Self = Himself.
- Her + Self = Herself.
- It + Self = Itself.
- Them + Selves = Themselves.
4. If these words are used before main verb that is called emphatic pronoun.
Example: I myself go to invite them.
5. If these words are used after verb that is called reflexive pronoun.
Example: I hurt myself.
- Demonstrative pronoun:
1. These pronoun words are used to point nearby / far away things.
i. This/these points nearby objects.
ii. That/those points far away objects.
iii. This/that refers singular objects.
iv. These/those refers plural objects.
- Indefinite pronoun:
Indefinite pronoun is divided into three parts.
1. Distributive pronoun. Example: Each, every, either, neither, etc.
2. Negative pronoun. Example: Nothing, none, etc.
3. Impersonal pronoun. Example: One, it, they, you, etc.
- Reciprocal pronoun:
1. If two person conversation each other.
2. If more than two person conversation one another.
- Relative pronoun:
1. These are used to join sentences and not for asking questions.
2. The boy who is playing in the ground is my brother.
- Interrogative pronoun:
1. These pronouns are used to ask questions.
Examples: Who is there?, Whose book is this?