Pronouns and its types

Pronouns and their types with definition and examples

1. Pronouns Pronoun is a PART OF A SPEECH WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A NOUN , NOUN PHRASE OR NOUN CLAUSE .

2. TYPES OF PRONOUNS Personal Pronouns Subject pronouns Object pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Distributive Pronouns Reflective Pronouns Relative Pronouns Pronouns of number and quantity Indefinite Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Empathetic Pronouns

3. Personal PRONOUNS It refers to a category of nouns that refers to a particular person or a group or a thing. Some examples of Personal pronouns are :- I , me , mine , we , us , etc.

4. TYPES Of personal pronouns Subject Pronouns Object pronoun

5. subject pronouns It defines as a pronoun that acts as a subject of the sentence Some examples of use of subject pronouns are- I would like to go to the party. He left office early today. She went shopping with her friends

6. Object pronouns It is defined as a pronoun that act as an object of a verb, compound verb , preposition or infinite phrase Some examples of object pronouns are :- She praised me for a job done well. He looked at it lovingly.

7. First Person It is defined as a pronoun that refers to the speaker or writer or to a group that includes the speaker or writer Some examples are :- I , me , my , we , us , our . Second Person It is defined as a pronoun that refers to the person with whom one speaks. Some examples are :- You, yours . Third Person It is defined as a pronoun that refers to people or things other than the speaker and the persons addressed. Some examples are :- He, him, his, hers, she, they, them, theirs, it, its, they, them .

8. Demonstrative Pronouns   It is defined as a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. Some examples of Demonstrative Pronouns are:- She gifted me that pen. These are my pets.

9. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN It is defined as a pronoun that introduces a question. Words like ‘who’ ‘whom’ ‘whose’ ‘which’ ‘what’ are used to ask questions. Some Examples are:- Who are you? Where is nainitaal? 

10. Distributive pronouns It is defined as a pronoun that refers to the members of a group individually rather than collectively . Some Examples are:- Neither of you answer is correct . You may bring any of your friends to the party.

11. reflective pronouns It is defined as a pronoun that is used as an object to refer to a previously named noun or pronoun in a sentence. Some Examples are:- I can serve myself . They can help themselves .

12. RELATIVE PRONOUNS It is defined as a pronoun that introduces a relative clause and has reference to a preceding noun Some Examples are:- I like Seema who also likes me . This is the place that Priya would like to visit.

13. Pronouns of number and quantity It defined as the pronoun that refers to the amount or number of objects or things or people etc. Some examples are :- All are present Some oranges are bad.

14. Indefinite pronouns It is defied as a pronoun that refers to an unspecified person or thing Some examples are:- Someone should take him home. Everyone should stand up. Somebody is hiding behind that door.

15. Possesive pronouns It is defined as a pronoun that can take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership . The words like ‘my’ her’s, theirs's, ‘its’’. Some examples are:- That dress is mine. The food served at his restaurant is tasty.

16. Empathetic pronouns It is defined as a pronoun that emphasizes a preceding noun or another pronoun. Some examples are:- She herself cooked the food. They themselves completed the work

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