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Pronoun Kinds - Notes

This document discusses the different types of pronouns in English. It identifies 8 types: personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, reflexive pronouns, intensive pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns. For each type, it provides the definition and examples to illustrate their uses in sentences. The purpose is to help learners understand and distinguish between these pronoun kinds.

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Pronoun Kinds - Notes

This document discusses the different types of pronouns in English. It identifies 8 types: personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, reflexive pronouns, intensive pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns. For each type, it provides the definition and examples to illustrate their uses in sentences. The purpose is to help learners understand and distinguish between these pronoun kinds.

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ABU DHABI INDIAN SCHOO BR-1, AL WATHBA

GRAMMAR: PRONOUN KINDS - NOTES

Learning Objective:
Learners will be able to identify, apply and distinguish different types of pronouns and its use.
Competence: Communication
Values: Respect, Equality

What Is a Pronoun?
Pronouns are used in place of nouns. The purpose of pronouns is to avoid repetition and make
sentences easier to understand.
Some of the most common pronouns to remember when learning English language are he, she, it, they,
and this.

The Eight Types of Pronouns


There are eight types of pronouns that writers must recognize: the personal pronoun, the
demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the relative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun, the
reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun.

1. Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns refer to a specific person or thing. Their form changes to indicate a person, number,
gender, or case.
Subjective personal pronouns are pronouns that act as the subject of a sentence. The subjective
personal pronouns are I, you, she, he, it and they.
For example:
"I walked directly to the party."
"You showed up late; she was annoyed."
"He thought you had forgotten; we know you were just behind."
Objective personal pronouns are pronouns that act as the object of a sentence. The objective personal
pronouns are me, you, her, him, it, us, you, and them.
For example:
"The police officer told my brother and me to slow down."
"He pointed to the pedestrians and said to be careful of them."
"The police officer said there are a lot of speedy motorists like us."
Possessive personal pronouns are pronouns that show possession. They define a person (or a number
of people) who owns a particular object. The possessive personal pronouns are mine, yours, hers, his,
its, ours, and theirs.
For example:
"Is this book yours or his?"
"All the books are mine."
"Nobody's house has as many books as theirs, not even ours."

2. Demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns point to and identify a noun or a pronoun. This and these refer to things that
are nearby in space or time, while that and those refer to things that are farther away in space or
further away in time.
For example:
"This is the dress I will wear; that is the one I wore yesterday."
"That is not true."
"Please pay for those."

3. Interrogative pronouns
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. The interrogative pronouns are who, whom, which,
and what. It is important to remember that who and whom are used to refer to people, while which is
used to refer to things and animals. Who acts as the subject, while whom acts as the object.
For example:
"Which is the best restaurant?"
"What did he tell you?"
"Whom should we invite?"

4. Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns are used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. The relative
pronouns are who, whom, that, and which. The compounds whoever, whomever, and whichever are
also commonly used relative pronouns.
For example:
"Whoever added the bill made a mistake."
"The bill, which included all our meals, was larger than expected."
"The waiter who served us doesn't know how to add."

5. Indefinite pronouns
Indefinite pronouns refer to an identifiable, but not specified, person or thing. An indefinite pronoun
conveys the idea of all, any, none, or some. The following common indefinite pronouns: all, another,
any, anybody, anyone, anything, each, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none,
one, several, some, somebody, and someone.
For example:
"Everybody got lost on the way there."
"Somebody forgot to bring the map."
"No wonder so few showed up."

6. Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence. The reflexive pronouns used in
writing English are myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.
For example:
"She baked a cake for herself."
"We decided to eat it ourselves."
"We heard her say, 'They should be ashamed of themselves.'"

7. Intensive pronouns / Emphatic pronouns


Intensive pronouns are used to emphasize their antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form
to reflexive pronouns.
For example:
"I myself find pronouns fascinating."
"They themselves think everyone should know about pronouns."
"You yourself should tell everyone how great pronouns are."
8. Reciprocal pronouns
A reciprocal pronoun is a pronoun that expresses a mutual relationship.
Putting it another way, reciprocal pronouns refer to a situation where someone or something performs
an action on others and receives the same action in return.
For example:
“Andrew and Bill helped each other.”
“The members of the team supported one another.”
“The coaches spoke to each other about strategy.”
“The elephants stood close together in order to protect one another.”

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