Pronouns
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This document defines and categorizes different types of pronouns in English. It explains that pronouns are used in place of nouns and identifies five main categories: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. For each category, it provides definitions and examples to illustrate how pronouns can refer to people or objects based on number, person, gender, and other attributes. The document aims to comprehensively cover the different types of pronouns and how they are used in the English language.
Pronouns
- 2. Definition:- A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. It is a noun replacing word. Example: he, she, it, her, his, they etc.
- 4. Pronouns are used to avoid repetition, and to set/clarify nouns' categories of number, person, and gender. Example: Ram is a boy. he is very smart.
- 5. There are five categories of pronouns, The categories of pronouns are: 1. Personal Pronouns. 2. Possessive Pronouns . 3. Demonstrative Pronouns. 4. Reflexive Pronouns. 5. Interrogative Pronouns.
- 6. PERSONAL PRONOUN:- We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about. Ex:- 1. I do my work in time. 2. We get up early in the morning.
- 7. Personal pronouns represent specific people or things. We use them depending on: Number: singular (I) or plural ( we). Person: 1st person (I), 2nd person (you) or 3rd person(he). Gender: male (he), female (she) or neuter (it). Ex: We are friends. She is clever. Does Mary know her ? They played doubles. John and Mary beat them
- 8. Comprehensive Chart: Pronoun Case Number Person personal pronouns Subject Case Object Case Possessive Case First person Singular plural I me mine we us ours Second person Singular plural You You Yours You You Yours Third person Singular plural he him His she her hers it it its they them theirs
- 9. Possessive Pronouns:- A Possessive pronoun is used to denote the possession or ownership of anything (sense of belonging) in the sentences. It comes after the verb in a sentence. Ex:- 1. This book is mine. 2. That new umbrella is ours.
- 10. Use Possessive Pronouns depending on:- Number: singular (mine) or plural (ours) Person: 1st person (mine), 2nd person (yours) or 3rd person (his) Gender: male (his), female (hers). Ex:- 1. This book is mine. 2. That new umbrella is mine.
- 11. REFLEXIVE AND EMPHATIC PRONOUN:- Reflexive pronoun is used with an active voice verb in order to reflect the action of the verb back on the subject. Ex:- 1. I do my work myself. 2.The horse has hurt itself.
- 12. We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause. Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural). There are eight reflexive pronouns: Reflexive Pronoun Singular myself yourself himself, herself, itself Plural ourselves yourselves themselves
- 13. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN:- A pronoun which is used to point out the object or objects to which it refer is called a demonstrative pronouns. Ex:- This tastes good. These are bad times. That is beautiful. These flowers are beautiful.
- 14. Demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives have exactly the same forms. The way to differentiate them depends on their position relative to the antecedent/determined nouns. Demonstrative pronouns THIS, THESE, THAT, THOSE. THE FORMER, THE LATER THE FIRST, THE LAST THE OTHER,THE OTHERS SAME SUCH SO
- 15. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN:- We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. The interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we don't know (what we are asking the question about). There are four main interrogative pronouns:. Who, Whom, What, Which Ex:- 1. What book are you reading ? 2. Which car did you use ?
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