This document discusses different types of pronouns in English grammar. It defines pronouns as words that take the place of nouns. The main types of pronouns covered are personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns. Examples and exercises are provided for each pronoun type to help illustrate their meanings and proper usage.

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2. PRONOUNS
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3. Definition of Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that
takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
Example:-
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4. Examples of Pronoun
Indu
is a good athlete.
She is a good athlete.
(The pronoun she replaces
Indu.)
The beans
and tomatoes
are fresh-picked. They are fresh-picked.
(The pronoun they replaces the beans and tomatoes.)
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5. Types of Pronouns
Types are pronouns are :Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns,
Relative pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Reflexive and Intensive pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns
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6. Personal Pronoun
Personal pronouns refer to people or things. They take the
place of nouns or other pronouns.
Examples :-
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7. Examples of Personal Pronoun
This is our
The Titanic
dog Rusty. He's a Pug
was a great ship but she sank on
her first voyage.
My first car
was a MARUTHI and I treated
her like my friend.
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8. Demonstrative Pronoun
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9. Definition of Demonstrative pronoun
A demonstrative pronoun points out a noun,
it acts as a pronoun, taking the place of a noun.
Example :-
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10. Exercises on Personal Pronoun &
Demonstrative pronoun
________ is dreaming(George).
________ is running(the dog)
________ are in the garden
________ book is expensive
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11. Relative Pronoun
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12. Definition of Relative Pronoun
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that
introduces a relative clause. It is called a
"relative" pronoun because it "relates"
to the word that it modifies.
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13. Example of Relative Pronoun
Here is an example:
The person who phoned
me last night is my teacher.
In the above example,
"who":relates to "person",
which it modifies introduces
the relative clause
"who phoned me last night"
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14. Common Relative Pronoun
The most common relative pronouns are who/whom,
whoever/whomever, whose, that, and which.
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15. Relative Pronoun
The table below sums up the use of relative pronouns
in restrictive relative clauses:
Function in
the sentence People
Subject
Object
Possessive
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who, that
(that, who,
whom)*
whose
Reference to
Things /
concepts
which, that
(which,
that)*
whose, of
which
Place
Time
Explanation
where
when
what/why
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16. Exercise: Relative Pronoun
Add an indefinite pronoun to complete each sentence.
(Whose, Who, Where, Which, That)
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2.
This test is for students _____native language is not English.
3.
The students ____lost his bag is waiting in the office.
4.
I ate all the cake ____ you gave me.
5.
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This is the school ____I used to study.
I put everything in my suitcase, _____is under my bed.
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17. Indefinite Pronoun
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18. Definition of Indefinite pronoun
Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to people,
places, or things that are unknown or not
stated. Indefinite pronouns use the
singular form of verbs (like he, she, or it)
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19. Indefinite pronouns
Indefinite pronouns usually begin with:
any (anyone, anybody)
every (everyone, everybody)
some (someone, somebody)
no (no one, nobody)
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20. Exercise
Add an indefinite pronoun to complete each sentence.
(Anybody, Everybody, She)
1. Has ______seen my blue notebook?
2. The party is going to be great! ___will be there.
3. ______ left the freezer open, and the
ice cream melted.
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22. Meaning of Interrogative Pronoun
An interrogative pronoun
is a pronoun used
in order to ask a question
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23. TYPES
In modern English
there are five interrogative pronouns.
“What, which, who, whom, and whose’’
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24. Note –
All five words may also be used as relative pronouns.
A relative pronoun may be found in a question; an
interrogative pronoun is found only in a question
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25. Examples (interrogative pronoun)
What did you say?
Who said that?
Which car is this?
Whom did you meet?
Whose tiffin is this?
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26. EXCERCISE
Choose from the given(What, which, who, whom, and whose)
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is your name?
are you?
are you from?
are you?
do you usually do your homework?
do you go to the movies?
do you get up?
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27. RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
A reciprocal pronoun is a pronoun used to identify an action
or feeling that is reciprocated
We use reciprocal pronouns when each of two or more
subjects is acting in the same way towards the other.
For example, Ram is talking to Sita, and Sita is talking to
Ram. So we say•
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Ram and Sita are talking to each other
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28. There are only two reciprocal pronouns, and they are both
two words:
• each other
• one another
When we use these reciprocal pronouns:
• there must be two or more people, things or groups
involved (so we cannot use reciprocal pronouns with I,
you [singular], he/she/it), and
• they must be doing the same thing
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29. EXAMPLES
• John and Mary love each other.
• Peter and David hate each other.
• The ten prisoners were all blaming one
another.
• Both teams played hard against each other.
• We gave each other gifts.
• The gangsters were fighting one another.
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30. EXCERCISE
Choose from the given(each other, one another)
1.
2.
Peter and David hate -.
3.
The ten prisoners were all blaming -.
4.
Both teams played hard against -.
5.
We gave - gifts.
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John and Mary love -.
The gangsters were fighting -
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