What is pronoun :
Pronouns are words that we use in place of Nouns (or other Pronouns) in a
sentence to make it less repetitive and less awkward. Some of the most common
Pronouns are - he, she, you, they, it, etc. These Pronouns are divided into
different categories based on their use.
Types Of Pronouns
Common types of pronouns found in
the world’s languages are as follows :
Personal Pronouns :
These pronouns are used for a specific object or person and they change their
forms to indicate the different genders, numbers, case and persons speaking.
Example : Tania told him to
take the food to them as soon as possible as it was urgently needed. “Him” is a
Pronoun of gender.
Demonstrative Pronouns :
Demonstrative Pronouns are used to show or identify one or a number of nouns
that may be far or near in distance or time. They are only four in number -
This, That, These and Those. This and That are singular demonstrative pronouns
and These and Those are plural demonstrative pronouns. They can also be used to
show an unspecified quantity in a sentence.
Example : I’ll take these.
Interrogative Pronoun : Who, Whom, Which and What are
Interrogative Pronouns as they are used to ask questions about a person or
object that we do not know about. Compounds of these words are made by
attaching “-ever” to the words to strengthen the emphasis on the word.
Example : Who did
that?
Relative pronouns :
Refer back to people or things previously mentioned.
Example : People who smoke
should quit now.
Indefinite relative pronouns : Have
some of the properties of both relative pronouns and indefinite pronouns. They
have a sense of “referring back”, but the person or thing to which they refer
has not previously been explicitly named.
Example : I know what I
like.
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns :
Reflexive Pronouns are those which are used to indicate a noun which has been
used in an earlier part of the same sentence. These pronouns are - Myself,
Themselves, Yourself,Ourselves, Herself, Himself and Itself.
Example: John cut himself.
Reciprocal pronouns : Refer to a reciprocal
relationship.
Example: They do not like each
other.
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