What is a PRONOUN ??

 a pronoun is defined as a word or phrase that

can be substituted for a noun or noun phrase
 known as the pronoun’s antecedent.
 In a nutshell, it’s because pronouns can do
everything that nouns can do.
 A pronoun can act as a subject, direct object,
indirect object, object of the preposition, and
more.
 TYPES OF PRONOUNS

Personal Relative Interrogative

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Indefinite Possessive Reciprocal

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Reflexive Demonstrative Intensive

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 Those associated with a SUBJECT OBJECT
certain person, thing or I Me
group. You You
 Replaces a noun in a He Him
sentence. She Her
 Can be a subject or an We Us
object. They Them
It It
Example of personal pronouns
He is a good person but sometimes he scolds me for
nothing. So, I don’t like him.

She is an intelligent and pretty girl. Many other

students adore her.

It is Aima’s kitten. We like to play with it when we go to

Aima’s house.
 Words with show belonging.
 They do not need apostrophes.

I mine she hers

you yours we ours

he his they theirs

Example of possesive pronouns

I didn’t bring my
pencils, so Alia lent
me hers.
The book is mine,
so you can borrow
it.
 Demonstrative pronouns
• used to point to something specific within a sentence.

This/these To show the thing that is near to us

That / those To show the thing that is far from us
• Examples:
This is my little baby, Anna.
That tall girl is my best friend.

Those cars are my father’s car.

These History books are belong to my friend.

• Words that ask a question.
a) Who
b) Which
c) What
d) Whose

• Examples :

Who is the girl Which one is your

that screamed favourite food if you
in the class just go to MSR
now ? Restaurant?

What is the most

important thing that Whose books
you really want to are in my room
do if you’ve a this morning ?
chance ?
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
• used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people,
places, things, animals, or ideas.
• can be used to join two sentences.
• The most common are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and
whom.
• Examples:

The pretty girl who

transferred to this school
yesterday was my cousin.
The four team leaders,
whomever the committee
selects, will be at
tommorrow’s meeting.
RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
• Used to indicate that two or more people are carrying
out or have carried out an action of some type .

Examples:
My siblings and I helped each other to clean the
house and the backyard yesterday.
The students congratulated one another after they
won the first prize for the Choral Speaking
Competition.
QUESTIONS FOR PRONOUNS
1. My doctor was born in Germany. __________ teaches language lessons in
his spare time.
A. They B. It C. She D. He

2. ____________ was such an interesting experience.

A. That B. These C. Those D. Such

3. I am looking for someone __________ can watch my cat while I go on

vacation.
A. Which B. Who C. Whom D. Whoever

4. The children made holiday decorations by ________________.

A. Itself B. Ourselves C. Themselves D. Their selves

5. When the cat saw the dog, it stopped in ______ tracks.

A. My B. Its C. His D. Hers
6. I don’t know __________ of the answers.
A. Anyone B. Any C. Everyone D. No one

7. ____________ car is that?

A. which B. whose C. what D. who

8. Terry and Jack were talking to ____________ in the hallway.

A. One another B. Each other C. Together D. Another

9. Jordan made _____________ a sandwich, complete with pickles.

A. Ourselves B. Yourself C. Himself D. Themselves

10. We built a garden shed by ______________.

A. Myself B. Ourselves C. Themselves D. Himself
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