What is Pronoun? / Kinds of Pronoun - Learn English

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1- Personal Pronoun:It is used in place of name with three categories: 1st Person: I, we 2nd Person: You 3rd Person: He, she, it, they These categories have further three cases table of which is as follows:

Nominative Case:Case of Subject or action doer. Possessive Case:Shows possession or anything owned. Objective Case:Case of Object or action receiver. I My, mine Me We Our Us They Their Them You Your You He His Him She Her Her It Its It

2- Demonstrative Pronoun:It is used to point out some noun. Examples: This is the person who has stolen my pen. That is a ball. These, those etc are Demonstrative Pronouns. 3- Distributive Pronoun:It is used to distribute or separate nouns. Examples: either, or, neither, nor, each, every etc. 4- Reflexive Pronoun:It ends on “self or selves” followed by any case of Personal Pronoun. Examples: Myself, themselves, itself, himself etc. 5- Relative Pronoun:It is used to relate some noun to its pronoun. Examples: This is the pen which was stolen. He is the boy whom I had met before. Antecedent: The name going before a Relative pronoun is called Antecedent. In the above examples, pen and boy are Antecedents. 6- Interrogative Pronoun:It is question word used in place of noun. Examples: What, when, where, who etc. 7- Emphatic Pronoun:It is used to emphasize or stress some noun. It can be said to be a demonstrative pronoun as well. Examples: This is the scene which I like the most.