Pronoun - defined as a word that replaces a noun in a sentence.
It takes the place of a
noun.
Types of pronoun:
Personal pronouns - refer to a person’s name. We use personal pronouns as a
substitute for a person’s name. There are two kinds of personal pronoun:
There are two kinds of personal pronouns.
1. Subjective pronoun - replace the subject in a sentence.
Example: I, we, you, he, she, it, and they
2. objective pronouns - replace the object in a sentence.
Example: me, us, you, him, her, it, and them
Possessive pronoun - are the pronouns that show ownership and possession in a
sentence. We categorize possessive pronoun into two types:
(1) Strong possessive pronouns - include yours mine, his, hers, its, theirs, yours,
and ours. They refer back to a noun or noun phrase already used, replacing it to avoid
repetition. (“I said that pen was mine.”)
(2) Weak possessive pronouns - include your, my, her, his, its, their, our, and,
your. Their function is as a determiner in front of a noun to express whom something
belongs to: “I said that’s my pen.”
Indefinite pronoun - something that is not definite in a sentence, they do not refer to a
particular thing or person. We use them when an object does not need to be specifically
identified.
Types of indefinite pronoun:
1. Singular indefinite pronoun - We use singular indefinite pronouns for the singular objects
and not for plural, it include: someone, somebody, something, no one, nobody, nothing,
everyone, everybody, everything, anybody, another, anyone, each, anything, either,
other, one, neither, and much . (Neither of us is available for the committee.)
2. Plural Indefinite Pronoun: are used for the plural objects and not for singular. Include:
many, several, few, others, and both. (Both of us match the description.)
Relative Pronouns - relates the relative clause to another clause within a sentence. In
addition, it introduces the relative clause or an adjective clause. In most cases it acts as
a subject of the relative clause. The most commonly used relative pronouns are:. Whom,
whoever, whomever, who, that, which and whose
Example in a sentence: She does not know which pack of pencil you want.
Intensive pronouns - emphasize, or intensify nouns and pronouns and we define it as a
pronoun that ends in self or selves. Intensive pronouns place emphasis on its
antecedent by referring back to another noun or pronoun used earlier in the sentence.
An intensive pronoun is approximately identical to a reflexive pronoun. Intensive
pronouns are also sometimes called emphatic pronouns. Intensive pronouns are:
himself, myself, themselves, itself, herself, yourselves, ourselves, and yourself, Example
in a sentence: Jesse wondered aloud whether he himself was the only one seeing what
was happening.
Demonstrative pronouns - are the nouns that take the place of a noun that’s already
been mentioned in a sentence. Demonstrative pronouns can be singular or plural. The
FIVE demonstrative pronouns words are: This, That, Those, Such, These. Example:
These rotten eggs smell very bad.
Interrogative Pronouns - often stands for something that we are not aware of yet,
because we are asking about it. We use these pronouns specifically to ask questions.
These pronouns are special because they all start with “Wh”, which is quite easy to
remember. Most commonly used interrogative pronouns are: whose, what, whom, which,
and who. The other words like “whichever” and “whatsoever” are the words that we use
as interrogative pronouns. Example: What is your nickname?
Reciprocal pronouns - is a pronoun that we use to identify a feeling or any kind of action
that is reciprocated among two or more than two. That is why; it always refers to two or
more than two persons. For example: ,Jane is laughing at Lizzy and Lizzy is laughing at
Jane. So we say: Jane and Lizzy are laughing at each other.
Distributive pronouns - is a pronoun that describes a member of a group separately from
the group and not collectively or including in that group. It refers to a thing or a person in
a group. We use this pronoun to describe all the individual members of a particular
group. Distributive pronouns are commonly used with plural nouns and singular verbs.
Commonly used are: each, either, every, neither, none, everyone, and any. Example in a
sentence: Each of the boys writes a poem.
