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What are Pronouns?

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 Types of Pronouns
 Personal Pronouns
 Possessive Pronouns
 Reflexive Pronouns
 Demonstrative Pronouns
 Interrogative Pronouns

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 1. Personal Pronouns
A personal pronoun is a short word we use
as a simple substitute for the proper
name of a person. For example:
I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us,
and them are all personal pronouns.

Personal Pronouns have two cases:

 Subjective Personal Pronoun
 Objective Personal Pronoun
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 Subjective Personal Pronoun
A subjective pronoun acts as the subject
of a sentence—it performs the action
of the verb. The subjective pronouns
are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you. For
example:
 We bought a pound of apples.
(We is the subject of the verb bought.)
 He decided to arrange a meeting.
(He is the subject of the verb decided.)
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 Objective Personal Pronoun
An objective pronoun acts as the object
of a sentence—it receives the action of
the verb. The objective pronouns are her,
him, it, me, them, us, and you.
For example:
 Minnie and George are cousins. I have
always seen them going together to
school.
 He met her when they were in college.

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 Subject Object
First person singular I Me

Second person You You

singular
Third person singular He Him

She Her
It It
First person plural We Us

Second person You You

plural
Third person plural They them
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2.Possessive Pronouns

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Examples :-
 This book is mine.
 Have you lost yours, Tom ?
 My phone is dead. Pass me yours .
 The house on the corner is theirs .

Note: Possessive pronouns are never spelled with

apostrophes.

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 3. Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are words that refer to
the noun or pronoun that is the subject of
the verb. The words myself, yourself,
himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves
and themselves are reflexive pronouns.
• Examples :-
 My brother built this computer himself
 John was looking at himself in the
mirror
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 4. Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used for

pointing out things. The words this, that,
these and those are demonstrative
pronouns.
Examples:-
• These are my pets.
• These are sheep but those are goats.
• Those are horses.
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 Some more examples:
• This is my desk.
• This is the Mings' house.
• That is my friend’s house.
• That’s my mother’s car.

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 5. Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask
questions. The words who, whose, what,
which and whom are interrogative
pronouns.
Examples:-
• Who used all my paper?
• Who is Mom talking to?
• Who are those people?
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