Pronoun:
The word pronoun is composed of two parts.
The composed (pro) which
means previous/ point
The root word (noun), which
means, Name ,so (pronoun) basically
means the previous Name
Definition:
Pronoun is a word or Group that
is used instead of noun to avoid (stop) its repetitions.
Example:
Wali studies Arabic, he is very intelligent
Pronoun noun pronoun
Types of pronoun
Pronoun are generally divided into Eleven types.
- Subject Pronoun
- Objective Pronoun
- Possessive Pronoun
- Demonstrative Pronoun
- Indefinite Pronoun
- Reflexive Pronoun
- Interrogative Pronoun
- Emphatic Pronoun
- Distributive Pronoun
- Relative Pronoun
- Reciprocal Pronoun
1. Subject Pronoun:
Subject are
those pronoun which are used before main verbs to function as the subject of
sentence. Subject pronoun are seven in numbers.
Examples:
I, We, You, They, He, She It
Note: In English Grammar
Subject pronoun refer to three grammatical people.
First Person:
I , We
2nd Person:
You
3rd Person:
They, He, She, It
2- Object Pronoun:
Object pronoun are
those pronoun, which are used after main verb to function as they object of
sentence.
Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun.
I
Me
We
Us
You
You
He
Him
She
Her
It
It
They
Them
She teaches them.
Here she is subject pronoun
which them is object pronoun.
3- Possessive Pronoun:
Possessive pronoun are those pronoun which can be used either before
main verb or after man verb to show possession.
Subject Pronoun Possessive pronoun Objective Pronoun
I my me/mine
We our
us
You your you
They
their them
He his
him
She hers
her
It
its it
Examples:
She has a car.
He has a car.
Hers is expensive. (Hers” is
possessive pronoun)
Mine are intelligent. (Mine” is possessive pronoun)
4- Demonstrative Pronoun:
Demonstrative pronoun are
those pronoun which are used to demonstrate or points out place, person, and
thing. Demonstrative pronoun are five in numbers.
Examples:
1- This 2- That 3- These – 4 Those
-5 such
ð Those
are College Students. (Those “ is demonstrative pronoun)
ð This
is my pen. (This” is demonstrative pronoun)
5- Indefinite Pronoun
Indefinite
Pronoun are those pronoun which are used instead of indefinite person, place,
and thing. Indefinite pronoun generally divided into three groups.
1-Person => Someone / somebody,
anyone / anybody
2- Place => somewhere, anywhere,
now here
3- Thing => something, anything,
nothing
6- Reflexive Pronoun:
Reflexive
pronoun are those pronouns which denote the action of a sentence turn from
object back to subject. Reflexive pronoun are composed of two parts.
ð Object
pronoun/ Possessive Pronoun.
ð (The
suffixes / Self , Selves)
Examples:
Himself, Myself, Yourself, Itself,
Themselves
ð Tahir writes himself a not (reflexive
pronoun)
ð You bought yourself nice shoes (reflexive
pronoun)
7- Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative pronoun are
those pronoun, which are used to interrogative or also about noun some
interrogative pronoun are listed here.
Examples:
Who, when, whose, which, what
ð Who
can play football very well? ( who” is interrogative)
ð Whose
son has got first division? (whose” is interrogative)
ð Whom
did you see there? (whom” is interrogative)
8- Emphatic Pronoun:
Emphatic
pronoun are those pronoun, which are used before main verb to emphasize noun or
another pronoun, some emphatic pronoun are listed here.
Examples:
Himself, herself, itself,
myself, ourselves, yourself, themselves.
=> They themselves come
late to class. (themselves” is emphatic pronoun)
=> You yourself told me
everything. (yourself “main verb reflexive pronoun)
9- Distributive Pronoun:
Distributes pronoun are those pronoun which are used to replace noun
individually. Some distributive pronoun are listed here. Each, Every, Either, Neither.
Examples:
Tawab bought two car.
Each is expensive. (Each “is
distributive pronoun)
10. Relative Pronoun
Relative
Pronoun are those pronoun, which are used to connect noun with dependent
clauses.
There are two types of
Relative Pronoun.
1. Simple Relative Pronoun
Simple relative pronoun are those pronoun, which are used single in
form.
Examples:
Who, Which, That, Whom, When, Where,
Whose
2. Compound Relative Pronoun
Compound relative pronoun are those pronoun, which are composed of one
simple relative pronoun and the other word ever.
Examples
Whoever, Whomever, Whosever, Whichever,
Whatever, Whenever, Wherever.
Examples
1. He respect a teacher who
lives in London. (Teacher whole lives” is Noun, Relative Pronoun, and
Independent Clause).
2. He somewhose four wives.
(Indefinite pronoun, Relative pronoun, Independent clause).
11. Reciprocal Pronoun
Reciprocal pronoun are those pronoun, which used to replaced noun
mutually get together.
Examples
Each other, Every other, One other.
Examples
1. Practice with each other.
(Each other” is Reciprocal pronoun).
2. Pass this duster to every
other. (Every other’ is Reciprocal pronoun).
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