What is Pronouns ? Pronoun āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋ ?
What is a Pronoun? & Its Types
What is a Pronoun ? : Click Here
A Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and make sentences clear and smooth.
Ex: Rina is a good girl. She is very honest. (Here, She is a pronoun used instead of Rina.)
Pronoun āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋ ?
Pronoun (āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ) āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻŋ Noun (āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ) ā§° āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĨ¤ (āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ = Pronoun)
Types of Pronouns (Pronoun ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°)
1. Personal Pronouns : Click Here
Used for persons or things (āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ)
Ex: I, we, you, he, she, it, they, me, him, her, us, them
Sentence: He is my friend.(āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻŽā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĨ¤)
2. Possessive Pronouns : Click Here
Show ownership or possession (āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžā§° / āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ)
Ex: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Sentence: This pen is mine. āĻāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻŽāĻā§ āĻŽā§ā§°āĨ¤
3. Reflexive Pronouns : Click Here
Refer back to the subject (Subject āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ)
Ex: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves
Sentence: She hurt herself.( āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
4. Demonstrative Pronouns : Click Here
Point out specific persons or things( āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛ā§)
Ex: this, that, these, those
Sentence: These are my books.( āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻĒāĨ¤)
5. Interrogative Pronouns : Click Here
Used to ask questions (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ)
Examples: who, whom, whose, which, what
Sentence: Who is your teacher ? (āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ ?)
6. Relative Pronouns : Click Here
Join two clauses and refer to a noun (āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§)
Ex: who, whom, whose, which, that
Sentence: The boy who is running is my brother. (āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻ˛’ā§°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤)
7. Distributive Pronouns : Click Here
Refer to persons or things one by one. (āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ)
Ex: each, either, neither
Sentence: Each student is present. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤)
8. Indefinite Pronouns :
Refer to persons or things generally .(āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ)
(a) Positive Indefinite Pronouns : Click Here
Ex: someone, somebody, everyone, everybody
(b) Negative Indefinite Pronouns : Click Here
Ex: no one, nobody, nothing
Sentence: Nobody is absent.( āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻš āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤)
Quick Exam Memory Tip
- Pronoun = replaces noun
- Each / Either / Neither → Singular Verb
- Everyone / Nobody / Someone → Singular Verb
- Who = Subject | Whom = Object | Whose = Possession