PRONOUN
There are several words that are
used to replace nouns. They are called
pronouns. /Pro/ in Greek means "for"
or "in place of".
KINDS OF PRONOUNS :
Pronoun is divided into Personal
pronouns, Demonstrative pronoun, Indefinite pronouns, Relativeand Interrogative
pronouns.
1. Personal pronouns
Some pronouns are
called personal pronouns because they take the place of specific names of persons,
places, or thing, as in: Has Fred
arrived? Yes, he is here. Here he
is the personal pronoun that replaces Fred.
As indicated in the table, there are both subject andobject personal pronouns
as well as those that show possession. InHishouse
is the white and green one, his is a
personal possessivepronoun.
Singular :
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Subject
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Object
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Possesive
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As subject
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As object
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First Person
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I
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Me
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My
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Mine
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Second Person
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You
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You
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Your
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Yours
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Third Person
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He
She
It
(one)
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Him
Her
It
(one)
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His
Her
It
(one)
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His
Hers
Its
(one’s)
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Plurar :
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Subject
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Object
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Possesive
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As subject
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As object
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First Person
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We
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Us
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Our
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Ours
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Second Person
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You
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You
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Your
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Yours
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Third Person
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They
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Them
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Their
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Theirs
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2. Demonstrative pronouns
Some pronouns ( this,
that, these, those) refer to particular
people or things: This is mine, and
that is yours. These are
demonstrativepronouns. The demonstrative words can also be used as adjectives:
this house,
those cars.
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Singular (This/That)
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Plural (These/Those)
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This is a mobile
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These are
mobiles
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This is a desk
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These are desks
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This is a bag
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These are bags
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That is a door
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Those are doors
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That is a house
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Those are houses
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That is a cycle
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Those are cycles
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3. Indefinite pronouns
Pronouns that refer to
people or things in general are called indefinite pronouns. Like the demonstrative
pronouns, they can be used as adjectives: another day, both animals, many
weeks.
4. Relative and interrogative pronouns
The words who, whose,
whom, that, which, and what are called relative pronouns. (The word that can be a demonstrative or a
relativepronoun.) They create relative clauses in a sentence: The
committee,which met last night, discussed your report. The words which met
lastnight/ form a relative clause that describes the subject of the main
clause, the committee.
Sometimes a relative
pronoun is used as the subject of a question such as Who ate the pizza? Here it
is classed as an interrogative pronoun. Interrogate means "ask"
(questions).
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