A pronoun is used in the place of a
noun. It is used when we do not like a noun to be repeated a number of times in
a passage.
Eg: John told me that he would go to
UK
Note: In the second sentence the
pronoun ‘he’ is used in place of the noun John. Here the pronoun is used to
avoid repetition.
Kinds of Pronouns
Personal Pronoun : A personal pronoun refers to the
three persons.
Personal Pronoun
|
|
Person
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Description
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I st person
|
The person speaking
|
II nd person
|
The person spoken to
|
III rd person
|
The person spoken of
|
Persons
|
Subject
|
Object
|
Possessive Adjective
|
Possessive Pronoun
|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
I st person
|
I
|
We
|
me
|
us
|
my
|
our
|
mine
|
ours
|
II nd person
|
You
|
you
|
you
|
you
|
you
|
your
|
yours
|
yours
|
III rd person
|
he, she, it
|
they
|
him,her,it
|
them
|
his,her,its
|
their
|
his,hers
|
-
|
one
|
ones
|
one
|
ones
|
one's
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Demonstrative Pronoun:
Eg: this, that these, those, such,
one.
Relative Pronoun : A relative pronoun is a joining
pronoun.
Eg: Who, which, whom, whose, that.
Interrogative Pronoun : An interrogative pronoun is used for
a person or thing about which a question is asked.
Eg: what, who, whom, which, whose.
- What do you want?
- Who wrote Hamlet?
- Which is your box?
- Whom do you want to meet?
- Whose is this pen?
Distributive Pronoun : A distributive pronoun refers to
persons or things individually.
Eg: each, everyone, everybody,
either, neither.
- Each of them brought a text book
- Everyone loves his country
- Either or them has to attend the meeting
- Neither of the answer is correct
- Everybody is unhappy with his behavior
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