SworDGrammar School

PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence. This is done to avoid repetition of same noun or noun phrase.

TYPES OF PRONOUN
1. Personal pronouns.
They are pronouns used in place of persons' name.
Examples: I, we, us, you ,he etc

2.Interrogative pronouns.
They are the pronouns used to ask questions.
Examples: who, which, what, whose.

3. Demonstration pronouns.
They are the pronouns use to show which person, place or thing you are referring to.
Examples: this, that, these, those.

4.Indefinite pronouns.
They are pronouns that so not refer to a particular person or thing.
Examples
Singular: Anytime, anybody, either, neither, someone etc
Plural: Both, several, few, fewer, three etc.

5. Reflexive pronouns.
They are pronouns used when action done by the subject turns back upon itself. They are formed by adding -self or -selves to the personal pronouns such as my, your, him, her.
Examples: Myself, himself, themselves etc

6. Reciprocal pronouns.
They are pronouns use to show a two way relationship between two or more people. They are two in English language, each other and one another.

7. Relative pronouns
They are pronouns used to introduce some clauses.
Examples: Who, whom, that, whoever etc.

To be continued

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