Pronoun and their types
PRONOUN AND THEIR TYPES
PRONOUN:
A word that is used in place of a noun or a phrase that contains a noun.
Eg: He, It, Her's, Me, Them, etc.
The most common pronouns are the personal pronouns, which refer to the person or people speaking or writing ( first person) the person or people being spoken to ( second person).
In this artical u will learn more about what pronouns are, table of pronoun with their types and examples.
10 kinds of Pronouns
1. Personal pronoun:
A type of pronoun use to refer to specific individuals or groups.
Eg: I , We , You , They , He , She.
I am your friend.
2. Possessive pronouns:
A type of pronoun that show ownership or possession of something.
Eg: Mine , Yours, His, Her's, It's , ours, Theirs.
That is his car.
3. Reflexive pronoun:
They are used to refer back to the subject of a sentence.
Eg: Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, Itself, Ourselves.
I enjoyed myself at the party .
4. Demonstrative pronounsI:
They point to or identify specific people, places, things or ideas.
Eg: This, That, These, Those.
These are sweet apples.
5. Interrogative pronoun:
They are used to ask questions and gather information.
Eg: Who, Whom, Whose, Which, What.
Who are you?
6. Relative pronouns:
They are used to connect one part of a sentence to another and show the relationship between them.
That is the school, where my father studied.
7. Indefinite pronouns:
They are used to refer to non specific people, things or ideas.
Eg: Someone, Something, Anybody, Anything, Nobody, Nothing.
Someone left their umbrella in the classroom.
8. Reciprocal pronouns:
They are used to talk about action that are done between two or more people.
Eg: EachOther, One another.
They complete with eachother
9. Intensive Pronouns:
They are used to add emphasis to a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
Eg: Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, Itself.
I myself like to travel.
10. Relative possessive pronouns:
They are used to show possession and introduce clauses at the same time.
Eg: Whose, Of, Which.
This is the man who has the furniture .
*Difference between Noun and pronoun:
Noun:
Nouns are words that represents people places things and ideas. It has already been mentioned or refer to yourself and other people.
Pronoun:
It can function just like nouns as the head of a noun phrase and as the subject or object of a verb.
Pronouns change their forms whereas nouns usually don't.
I - me
We - us
They - them
He - him
She - her.
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