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Pronoun is a word that is used in the place

of a noun to avoid the repetition of a noun


in a sentence.

Pronoun Types:

Personal Pronoun- a pronoun that is associated Demonstrative Pronoun- a pronoun


with a particular person and shows the number, that is used to point toward something
person, gender, and case of the noun being in a given sentence.
replaced. Near in distance or time - this, these
3 types of persons: Far in distance or time- that, those
1st person- I, we, us Singular- this, that
2nd person- you Plural- these, those
3rd person- he, she it, her, him,
Both singular and plural- none, such, the same
they, them
Function in a sentence: Sample sentences:
Subject pronouns- I, he, she, it, we, This box is heavier than that.
you, they These chairs are sturdier than those chairs.
Object pronouns- me, him, her, it, us, None of this makes sense.
you, them

Possessive Pronoun- a pronoun that is used to Interrogative Pronoun- a pronoun


indicate the belongingness of one thing to another that is used to ask a question. It can be
or of one person to another. used as a subject or as an object in a
Number Person Possessive pronoun sentence.
singular 1st mine Subject Object
2nd yours person who whom
3rd his, hers thing what
person, thing which
Plural 1st ours
person whose
2nd yours
3rd theirs Sample sentence:
Sample sentence: Question: What will you have?
Her dress was old and worn. Answer: I'll have a cup of coffee, please.
Pronoun Types:

Relative Pronoun- a pronoun that is used to refer Reflexive Pronoun- we use reflexive
previously mentioned noun in the main sentence pronoun when we want to refer back to
and they come directly after it. subject of the sentence or clause.
List of relative pronouns: List of reflexive pronouns:
who for people (subject) singular- myself, yourself, him/herself, itself
whom for people (object) plural- ourselves, yourselves, themselves
which for things or animals
that for people, animals, or things, We use reflexive pronouns:
whose for people, animals or things when the subject and object are the same
(possession) person or thing. 🠖 I cut myself.
where for places with these verbs: enjoy, behave, help
when for time 🠖 Did you enjoy yourself at Iya's party?
Ex: This is the spot where we should with by, to mean 'alone', without help from
plant the tree. anyone else. 🠖She went to school by herself.

Reciprocal Pronoun- a pronoun that is used to Indefinite Pronoun- a pronoun that


show the mutual relationship or mutual action for is used in a sentence to talk about the
two or more people. things which are not specific.
These are the two reciprocal pronouns: List of indefinite pronouns:
each other- this is used when we want to
all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything,
refer to two people.
both, each, each one, either, everybody,
one another- when we refer more than two
everything, everyone, few, many, more, most,
people, this pronoun is used.
much, neither, no one, nobody, none, nothing,
when we use reciprocal pronouns:
one, other, plenty, some, somebody, something,
there must be two or more people,
someone, whatever, whichever, whoever,
things or groups involved
whomever
they must be doing the same thing
Ex: Bob and Joy love each other. Ex: Somebody stole my phone.

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