Pronouns
Pronouns
Definition: Pronouns replace nouns or phrases.
Pronouns can be categorized based on their functions:
- Personal Pronouns: Refer to specific individuals or objects.
- Example: She, they, it
- Possessive Pronouns: Indicate ownership or possession.
- Example: His, hers, theirs
- Reflexive Pronouns: Emphasize another noun or pronoun and reflect the action back on the subject.
- Example: Himself, herself, themselves
- Relative Pronouns: Introduce subordinate clauses, connecting them to a main clause.
- Example: Who, which, that
- Demonstrative Pronouns: Identify, point to, or refer to specific nouns.
- Example: This, these, those
Example sentences with pronouns:
- I love chocolate.
- This is for you.
- He is coming tomorrow.
- She likes ice cream.
- It is on the table.
Personal pronouns:- Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
- Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)
- Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
- Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
- Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, those, these)
- Relative pronouns (who, which, that, whose)
- Interrogative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which, what)
- Indefinite pronouns (anyone, anyone, anything, everybody, etc.)