Pronouns

Pronouns

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What is pronouns?

What are the examples of pronouns?

Definition:

Nouns can be replaced by pronouns.

It can be someone, something, any animals, etc...

Type of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns

2. Possessive Pronouns

3. Relative Pronouns

4. Reflexive Pronouns

5. Intensive Pronouns

6. Indefinite Pronouns

7. Demonstrative Pronouns

8. Interrogative Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns: take the place of people or things

eg: I, you, he, she, we, it, they, me

2. Possessive Pronouns: personal pronouns that indicates the possession of something/owner of something

eg: my, your, his, her, (mine, yours, theirs- stand alone and not followed by a noun)

3. Relative Pronouns: use to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun [to add more information]

eg: who, whom, which, that

4. Reflexive Pronouns: when a subject perform an action on itself, the sentence use reflexive pronouns after the verb

eg: myself, himself, herself, themselves

5. Intensive Pronouns: similar to reflexive pronouns but have different function in a sentence (only to add emphasis)

eg: yourself, myself [I told Ain that you yourself will bake the cake]

6. Indefinite Pronouns: refer to people or things but they don't have a specific person or thing as a reference.

eg: some, anyone, everything

7. Demonstrative Pronouns: point out a person or thing

eg: this, that, these, those

8. Interrogative Pronouns: pronouns to ask questions

eg: who, whom, whose, what, which

Fill in the Blanks

1. Ain will be holding

birthday party this weekend.

Fill in the Blanks

2. The girls at the bench are eating

lunch.

Fill in the Blanks

3. When I look over at

, I noticed that he was reading a book.

Fill in the Blanks

4. The books on the shelf belong to Amin and his friends. They are

.

Fill in the Blanks

5.

umbrella did she take?

Fill in the Blanks

6.

one of the books is your favorite?

Fill in the Blanks

7. Look at

birds up there in the tree.

Fill in the Blanks

8. I bought the dress yesterday. It is

.