Pronoun and Kinds of Pronoun

Pronoun and Kinds of Pronoun

In the second lesson of grammar , we well learn about Pronoun

Pronoun is a category of words that are used in place of a noun, such as

He, she, it, you, they, we, our, us, my, mine, me, his, him, their, them, her,  these are all pronouns, see this example:

Bina designs clothes in factory, bina goes college too.

In this example you see “noun” Bina is used again and again, therefore the sentence is not so good or smart look,  but when we use pronoun instead of noun, the sentence becomes fine, like

Bina designs clothes in factory, she goes college too.

Now you see sentence looks finer, the pronoun is used to avoid repetition  of a noun in a sentence.

Kinds of Pronoun

Personal Pronoun

Reflexive Pronoun

Demonstrative Pronoun

Indefinite Pronoun

Relative Pronoun

Distributive Pronoun

Interrogative Pronoun

Personal Pronoun; are used for persons and things, I, you, we, he, she, it, these are the personal pronouns. These pronouns can be singular and plural, use both as subject and object of a verb, we use them to show possession too.

Singular Personal Pronouns

I, you, he, she, it

Plural Personal Pronouns

We, you, they

 Personal pronouns as subject

(I, you, we, he, she, it) use as subject of verb

Naveed is hardworking boy, he submits presentation at time.

You should do your duty honestly.

We won the match.

He speaks English frequently.

She joined our team.

Personal pronouns as object

(me, you, us, her, him, it, them) use as object of verb

Liaquat helped me.

Tina asked about you.

Teacher punished us.

Letter issued them.

Personal pronouns as possessive

(my, your, his, her, its, our, their) use to show possession

This is my new book.

I saw your pen.

Maya found his lost wrist watch.

Their show rocked the audience.

Personal Pronouns are divided into further three persons.

First person pronouns; words for speaking as, I, we, me, us

Second person pronouns; words for spoken to as, thou, you, thee, your

Second person pronouns; words for spoken about as, he, she, it, him, her, they, them

Reflexive Pronoun; are the pronouns that refer back action  of a verb or stress to the subject in a sentence, such as:.

I painted house myself.

She driven truck herself.

You should do all work yourself.

They narrated agreement themselves.

Myself, herself, yourself , themselves are Reflexive pronouns, we formed Reflexive Pronouns by adding self or selves to Personal Pronouns.

For singular Personal Pronouns we add Self , like

Myself, himself, herself, itself etc.

For plural Personal Pronouns we add Selves, like

Yourselves, ourselves, themselves etc.

Demonstrative Pronoun; are the pronouns that demonstrate or point out persons or things, such as:

This is our house.

That is worst incident.

These are medical books.

Those were happiest days.

This, that, these and those are demonstrative pronouns.

Singular                              Plural

This                                        These (This is for near demonstration)

That                                        Those (That is for far demonstration)

Indefinite Pronoun; are the pronouns that refer persons or things  generally not specific way, these pronouns don't tell us exact number  of persons or things, therefore called Indefinite Pronoun, such as:

All, one, some, anybody, nobody, somebody, few, any, many, every, anyone, most, several, either, each, more,  examples of Indefinite Pronoun

All of you are allowed to visit Ghotki.

Nobody accepted my proposal.

Somebody knocked at my door in night.

I tried many times for this job.

Relative Pronoun; are the pronouns that join two sentences or clauses together, such as:

Who, which, that, whose, whom are Relative Pronouns, examples of Relative pronoun.

Mazhar is the boy who helped me.

Liza is the girl whose slip is lost.

Distributive Pronoun; The pronouns that refer persons or things of groups separately ,  are called distributive pronouns, each, either, neither are distributive pronouns, always singular  verb is used with these pronouns, such as:

Each of you granted for job.

Either nisar  or waqas knows Iqbal very well.

Neither of answers is true.

Interrogative Pronoun; these pronouns ask questions.

What, which, who, whose, whom are interrogative pronouns, examples  of interrogative pronoun.

Where you will spend vacations?

Which is our new car?

Who phoned you last night?

Whose book is lost?.

Whom are you going to meet?