PRONOUNS

Types s and Examples

Definition

A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less

cumbersome and less repetitive.

Types of Pronouns Personal pronounRelative pronounIndefinite pronounDemonstrative pronounInterrogative pronounReflexive pronoun

Personal

Personal pronouns represent specific people or things

Use of Personal Pronouns • Number: singular (eg: I) or plural (eg: we) • Person: 1st person (eg: I), 2nd person (eg: you) or 3rd person (eg: he) • Gender: male (eg: he), female (eg: she) or neuter (eg: it) • Case: subject (eg: we) or object (eg: us)

Relative

It relates the relative (and hence subordinate) clause to the word that it modifies

These are: Who, whom, whose, whoever, whosoever, whomever, which, what, whatever,

and that.

Examples of Relative Nouns • This is a house. Jack built this house. • This is the house that Jack built. • This is a bank. • This bank accepted my identification.• She is a bank teller. She helped us open an account.

Indefinite

Does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite".

All, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few,

many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone

Example of Indefinite Pronouns • Each of the players has a doctor. • I met two girls. One has given me her phone number.

Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun identifies and specifies a noun or pronoun.

This, that, these, those.

Example of Demonstrative Pronouns

• This tastes delicious. (This is the subject of the sentence.)• I don't like this. (This is the direct object of the sentence.)• That will run for an hour. (That is the subject of the sentence.)

Interrogative

Used in order to ask a question.What, which, who, whom, and whose

Example of Interrogative Pronouns

• What did you say? • Who said that?

Reflexive When we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause. Reflexive pronouns end in "-

self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural).

singularmyselfyourselfhimself, herself, itself

pluralourselvesyourselvesthemselves

Example of Reflexive Pronouns

“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.“

(Mark Twain)