Pronoun-Unknown fact, Definition, Types & Examples
Pronoun: The word used instead of Noun is called Pronoun.
For example: He, She. It, They, We, You etc.
Like Noun, Pronoun can be used as Subject and Object. For example, I teach him. (I teach him) Pronouns can sometimes be used as other Parts of Speech. Such as Who, What etc. They are again Conjunction.
There are eight types of pronouns.
Read more: Nouns: Definition & Types with Examples
Personal Pronoun:
These are personal and can be any, Number, Masculine or Case. Like, I, We, Me, Us, Our, You, He, She, They, Him, His, Its, Their etc.
Pronoun can be divided into 3 forms based on sentence use.
| Subjective | Possessive | Objective |
| I | my | me |
| you | your | you |
| we | our | us |
| he | him | his |
| she | her | her |
| they | their | them |
| It | It’s | it |
2.Demonstrative:
This, That, These, Those. This and That are Singular. And These and Those are plural.
3.Interrogative;
What, Who, Which, Whom, Whose. All WH words
4. Relative:
Who, Which Whom etc. I saw the man who was beaten. (I saw the man who was killed).
5. Indefinite:
One, None, Other, Another, Many, Few, Some, Several, All, Both, Any
One should do one’s duty. (responsibility should be fulfilled) * cannot be called his instead of one’s here, be careful!
6.Distributive:
Each, Every, Either, Neither. Distributive Pronoun always sits as Singular Subject. So their next Verb is also Singular.
Either of the players scores a century. (Any player who scores a century)
7.Reflexive or introspective;
Myself, Themselves, Yourself, Himself, itself, Ourselves, Herself, Yourselves, Oneself. It should be remembered that according to the rule of plural, if it is singular, self will be added and if it is plural, selves will be added.
8.Reciprocal;
Each Other, One Another One another is used to mean the relationship between two people and Each Other between more than two people.
We should help each other to live in harmony
