Pronouns are parts of speech that replace nouns. There are several types of pronouns including personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and possessive pronouns. Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things and include subject pronouns like I, he, she and object pronouns like me, him, her. Demonstrative pronouns point to particular nouns and include this, that, these, those. Interrogative pronouns introduce questions using words like who, what, where. Possessive pronouns show ownership with words like my, your, his, hers.
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.
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.
8. 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 .
9. 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.
10. 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?
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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