Pronoun and its classification

Pronoun

Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns, or pronouns are noun substitutes.

Antecedent of the pronoun is the noun to which a pronoun refers. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, person and number.


I

She

Several

This

My

That

Other

 

Mine

Hers

These

Another

Me

Anybody

It

Those

We

Everybody

Its

All

He

They

Our

Any


 

 

 

 

Nobody

their

Ours

both

Somebody

us

each

theirs

No one

them

you

either

Someone

yours

which

neither

Everyone

your

what

few

One

many

who

whoever

His

whose

none

whosoever

Him

whom

some

anyone

 

Five kinds of Pronoun

1.  Personal pronoun can refer to the person speaking, the person being spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of.

All the personal pronouns, with the exception of the pronoun it, refer to persons. Be careful with personal pronouns and learn how to use their various forms. They can be most troublesome if you are not aware of their proper use.


Number

Person

Nominative

Objective Case

Possessive

Case

Singular

1st person

I

me

my, mine

 

2nd person

you

you

your, yours

 

3rd person

he, she, it

him, her, it

his, her, hers

Plural

1st person

me

us

our, ours

 

2nd person

you

you

your, yours

 

3rd person

they

them

their, theirs

 

Forms of the Personal Pronouns

A.  First person- personal pronouns referring to the speaker:

 

Singular

Plural

I

we

My

our

Mine

ours

Me

us

 

B.  Second person- personal pronouns referring to the person spoken to:

Singular and Plural are similar: you, your, yours

C.  Third person- personal pronouns referring to the persons or things spoken of:

 

Singular

Plural

He

they

His

their

Him

theirs

She

them

Hers

 

It

 

Its

 


Compound personal pronoun sometimes is called personal pronouns. When the word "self" or "selves" are added to certain forms of the personal prono


Myself

herself

Yourself

ourselves

Himself

yourselves

Itself

themselves

 

2.  Interrogative pronouns introduce questions.

 

What

which

who

Whom

whose

 

 

*  Which province do you prefer to visit?

*  What are your plans for the weekend?


3.  Demonstrative pronouns point out specific persons, places, or things.

 

This- points out near object (singular)

These- points out near objects (plural) That- points out far object (singular) Those- points out far objects (plural)

 

The pronouns this (singular) and these (plural) are used to refer to the person or thing present, nearby, or just mentioned.

On the other hand, you see that and those to refer to the person or thing farther removed or less obvious.

 

 

4.  Indefinite pronouns do not point out particular persons, places, or things.


Singular

Plural

Singular or Plural

Another

both

all

Anybody

few

any

Anyone

many

more

Either

others

most

No

several

none

Not

some

 

 

 Every 

Not only 

Each Everybody 

Everyone

 Many a one 

Nobody 

No one 

Neither 

One Other

 Someone 

Somebody

 

5.  Relative pronouns connect groups of words to another idea in the same sentence. That, which, who, whom, and whose are relative pronouns.

 

Who is used when the antecedent is a person.

That is used to refer to either persons or things.


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