Pronouns

Pronouns

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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