CLASSIFICATION OFCLASSIFICATION OF
PRONOUNSPRONOUNS
• Personal Pronouns – referchiefly to
persons
• Compound Personal Pronouns –
formed by adding self orselves to some
personal pronouns.
A compound personal pronoun is either
reflexive orintensive
• Reflexive Pronoun – an object referring to
the same person orthing as a subject.
Example:
The pregnant teen killed herself.
• Intensive Pronoun – used to emphasize a
noun ora pronoun preceding it.
Example:
I, myself wrote the book.
• Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun introduces a clause
and refers to ordescribes its
antecedent.
Example: The girl who talks too much got
the lowest grade in character.
• Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun
used in asking a question.
• Possessive Pronouns
The possessive pronoun stands forthe
possessorand the thing possessed.
Example:
This property is mine.
• Distributive Pronouns – referto people or
things taken one by one.
Example:
Every playerin the conference is a
aspirant forMVP.
• Indefinite Pronouns – referto no special
person orthing
Example:
Anyone can see, what you mean to me.
• Demonstrative Pronouns – point to a
person ora thing.
Example:
This is the company that my parents built.
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    CLASSIFICATION OFCLASSIFICATION OF PRONOUNSPRONOUNS •Personal Pronouns – referchiefly to persons • Compound Personal Pronouns – formed by adding self orselves to some personal pronouns. A compound personal pronoun is either reflexive orintensive
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    • Reflexive Pronoun– an object referring to the same person orthing as a subject. Example: The pregnant teen killed herself. • Intensive Pronoun – used to emphasize a noun ora pronoun preceding it. Example: I, myself wrote the book.
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    • Relative Pronouns Arelative pronoun introduces a clause and refers to ordescribes its antecedent. Example: The girl who talks too much got the lowest grade in character. • Interrogative Pronouns An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used in asking a question.
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    • Possessive Pronouns Thepossessive pronoun stands forthe possessorand the thing possessed. Example: This property is mine. • Distributive Pronouns – referto people or things taken one by one. Example: Every playerin the conference is a aspirant forMVP.
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    • Indefinite Pronouns– referto no special person orthing Example: Anyone can see, what you mean to me. • Demonstrative Pronouns – point to a person ora thing. Example: This is the company that my parents built.