Mention and Define the Kinds of Pronoun
- Give
the example of each kinds of Pronoun
Pronoun
is a word that is used instead of a noun, e.g. he, she, it, they, his,
her, him its etc.
Example.
John is an
intelligent student. He goes to
school daily. He studies a lot. He is making
preparation for examination. He will get high marks examination.
In the above paragraph
pronoun “he” is used instead of noun “John”. If we do not use pronoun in above
paragraph we will have to use the noun “John” again and again in each sentence.
So, the purpose of pronoun is to
avoid the repetition of a noun.
Examples. He, she, it,
they, you, I, we, who, him, her, them, me, us, whom, his, its, their, your,
mine, our and whose, myself, himself, herself , yourself, which, this,
that these, those, are the pronouns which are mostly used.
Pronoun can be divided
into following groups.
·
a. Personal Pronouns: e.g. I, you, He, she, it, they,
who, me, him, her, them, whom
·
b. Possessive Pronouns: e.g. yours, mine, his, hers, ours,
theirs,
·
c. Reflexive Pronouns: e.g. myself, himself, herself,
itself, yourself, ourselves, themselves
·
d. Reciprocal Pronoun: e.g. each other, one another
e. Relative Pronouns: e.g. who, whom, whose,
which, that
· f. Demonstrative
Pronoun: e.g. this, these, that, those
Types of Pronoun
There five types
of pronoun
1. Personal Pronoun
2. Possessive Pronoun
3. Reflixive Pronoun
4. Relative Pronoun
5. Demonstrative Pronoun
Personal Pronouns
Personal pronoun
describes a particular person or thing or group.
Personal pronoun
describes the person speaking (I, me, we, us), the person spoken to
(you), or the person or thing spoken about (he, she, it, they, him, her, them).
Examples.
He helps poor.
The pronoun “he” in
above sentence describes a person who helps poor.
She is intelligent
We love our country.
The teacher appreciated
them..
He gave her a
gift.
Did you go to
home?
Possessive
Pronouns
Possessive Pronoun
indicates close possession or ownership or relationship of a
thing/person to another thing/person.
e.g. yours, mine, his, hers, ours, theirs, hers,
Example :
This book is mine.
The pronoun “mine”
describes the relationship between book and a person (me) who possesses this
book or who is the owner of this book.
Examples.
That
car is hers.
Your book is old. Mine is
new.
The pen on the table is mine.
The smallest cup is yours.
The voice is hers.
Note: Possessive
adjectives (my, her, your) may be confused with possessive pronouns.
Possessive adjective modifies noun in terms of possession. Both possessive
adjective and possessive show possession or ownership, but possessive adjective
is used (with noun) to modify the noun while Possessive pronoun is used instead
(in place of) a noun.
Examples
This is my book.
(Possessive adjective: “my” modifies the noun “book”)
This book is mine. (Possessive pronoun: “mine” is used instead of noun “to
whom the book belongs”)
Reflexive
Pronoun
Reflexive pronoun
describes noun when subject’s action affects the subject itself.
e.g himself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves, itself
are reflexive pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns
always act as objects not subjects, and they require an interaction between the
subject and an object.
Examples.
I
looked at myself in the mirror.
You should think about yourself.
They prepared themselves for
completion.
She pleases herself by
think that she will win the prize.
He bought a car for himself.
Note: Reflexive noun
can also be used to give more emphasis on subject or object. If a reflexive
pronoun is used to give more emphasis on a subject or an object, it is called “Intensive Pronoun”. Usage and
function of intensive pronoun are different from that of reflexive pronoun.
For example, she herself started
to think about herself.
In the above sentence the first “herself” is used as intensive pronoun while
the second “herself” is used as reflexive pronoun.
See the following examples of intensive pronouns.
Examples. (Intensive
Pronouns)
I did it myself. OR. I
myself did it.
She herself washed the clothes.
He himself decided to go to New York.
She herself told me.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
are used when each of two or more subjects reciprocate to the other.
or Reciprocal pronouns are used when two subjects act in same way towards each
other, or, more subjects
act in same way to one another.
For example, A
loves B and B love A. we can say that A and B loves each other.
There are two
reciprocal pronouns
· Each
other
· One
another.
Examples.
John and Marry are talking
to each other.
The students gave cards to one
another.
The people helped one
another in hospital.
Two boys were pushing each
other.
Relative
Pronouns
Relative Pronoun describes a noun which is mentioned before and more
information is to be given about it.
Or
Relative pronoun is a pronoun which joins relative clauses and relative
sentences.
For example, It is the person, who helped her.
In this sentence the word “who” is a relative pronoun which refers to the noun
(the person) which is already mentioned in beginning of sentence (It is the
person) and more information (he helped her) is given after using a relative
pronoun (who) for the noun (the person).
Similarly, in above sentence the pronoun “who” joins two clauses which are “it
is the person” and “who helped her”.
Examples. The most
commonly used five relative pronouns are, who, whom, whose, which, that.
“Who” is for subject and “whom” is used for object. “who” and “whom” are used
for people. “Whose” is used to show possession and can be used for
both people and things. “Which” is used for things. “That” is used for people
and things.
Examples.
It
is the girl who got first position in class.
Adjective is a word that modifies
noun.
The man whom I met
yesterday is a nice person.
It is the planning that makes
succeed.
The boy who is
laughing is my friend.
Demonstrative
Pronouns
Demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that points to a thing or things.
e.g. this, that, these, those, none, neither
These pronouns point
to thing or things in short distance/time or long distance/time.
Short distance or time: This,
these.
Long distance or time: That,
those.
Demonstrative pronouns “this and that” are used for singular thing while “these
or those” are used for plural things.
Examples
This is black.
That is heavy.
Can you see these?
Do you like this?
John brought these.
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