PRONOUN
PRONOUN
The Pronoun is used instead of a noun.
There are ten (10) kinds of Pronoun.
1. Personal Pronoun
2. Possessive Pronoun
3. Reflexive Pronoun
4. Emphatic Pronoun
5. Demonstrative Pronoun
6. Indefinite Pronoun
7. Distributive Pronoun
8. Reciprocal Pronoun
9. Relative Pronoun
10. Interrogative Pronoun
1. Personal Pronoun
Personal Pronouns are used instead of a name of a particular person, place or thing.
e.g. :- I, We, You, He, She, It, They
Sentence :- I am an intelligent boy.
2. Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronouns are used to show possession or relation.
e. g. :- Mine, Ours, Yours, His, Hers, Theirs
Sentence :- This pen is mine.
3. Reflexive Pronoun
Reflexive Pronouns are used to show effect upon the subject.
note :- it can be also used as a object of a preposition
e.g. :- Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourselves, Himself, Herself, Itself, Themselves
Sentence :- He hurt himself.
4. Emphatic Pronoun
Emphatic Pronouns are used to show stress upon the subject ( Noun / Pronoun).
e.g. :- Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourselves, Himself, Herself, Itself, Themselves
Sentence :- We ourselves visited there.
5. Demonstrative Pronoun
Demonstrative Pronouns are used to indicate person or thing.
e. g. :- This, That, These, Those
Sentence :- This is my pen.
6. Indefinite Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns are used to refer person or thing in a general way not in a particular way.
e.g. :- Some, Both, Any, None, Anybody, Nobody etc
Sentence :- Nobody will come to you.
7. Distributive Pronoun
Distributive Pronouns are used to refer each individuals member of a class.
e.g. :- each, either, neither
Sentence :- On my birthday my brother gave me two story books but I liked neither.
8. Reciprocal Pronoun
Reciprocal Pronouns are used to express mutual action or relation.
e.g. :- each other, one another
note :- Each other is used for two and for more than two we should use one another.
Sentence :- They hate one another.
9. Relative Pronoun
Relative Pronouns are used to point or relate with an earlier noun in a sentence.
e.g. :- Who, Whose, Whom, Which, That
Sentence :- I have a brother who helps me.
10. Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns are used to ask questions.
e.g. :- Who, Whose, Whom, Which What
Sentence :- Who is knocking at the door?