Download Nine Types of English Pronouns

Nine Types of English Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Reflexive
object
possessive
possessive
Pronouns
form
adjective
pronoun
me
my
mine
myself
you
your
yours
yourself
him
his
his
himself
her
her
hers
herself
it
its
its
itself
us
our
ours
ourselves
you
your
yours
yourselves
them
their
theirs
themselves
Personal Pronouns stand for persons and are characterized by “person”. 1st person, (I, we), 2nd
person (you), 3rd person (he, she, it, they). Note that in the chart above the form changes
depending on how the pronouns is used – subject or object
Possessive Pronouns show ownership and reflect the person and number of noun they
represent. Please note that none of the possessive pronouns are spelled with an apostrophe.
Demonstrative Pronouns identify or point to nouns. (this / that / these / those / such)
Relative Pronouns (who / whoever, which / that) relate groups of words to nouns or other
pronouns. Some general thoughts: “Who” connects or relates to the subject. He is the student
who won the spelling bee. “Which” generally introduces clauses that are parenthetical (could
be removed from the sentence without changing the essential meaning. I just finished reading,
The Help, which is one of my favorite books. Which usually refers to things; who / whoever
refers to people. Whom / Whomever refer to people in the objective form.
Indefinite Pronouns do not refer to specific nouns but function themselves as nouns. Everyone
is wondering if any is left. Everybody / anybody /somebody / all / each / every / none / one
Intensive Pronouns ( myself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves) consist of a personal
pronoun plus self or selves and emphasize a noun. (I myself don't know the answer.) It is
possible (but rather unusual) for an intensive pronoun to precede the noun it refers to. (Myself,
I don't believe a word he says.)
Reflexive Pronouns which have the same form as intensive pronouns indicate that the sentence
subject also receives the action of the verb. Students who cheat on test only hurt themselves.
Interrogative Pronouns (who / which / what) introduce questions. Which do you prefer? Who
will help me? What is that?
Reciprocal Pronouns (each other and one another) are convenient forms for combining ideas.
Bob and Anna gave each other a book for Christmas. If more than two people are involved, use
one another. The members of the book club gave one another a book for Christmas.
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Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns