how to use the pronouns

1. PRONOUNS
BY CHARLIE ROJAS

2. DEFINITION
'A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to
someone or something when you do not
need to use a noun, often because the
person or thing has been mentioned earlier.
Examples:
Luisa loves her dog, she takes good care of it.
Noun pronoun
She is replacing
the noun

3. Types of Pronouns with Examples
1. Relative pronouns
2. Possesive pronouns
3. Reflexive pronouns
4. Demonstrative pronouns
5. Interrogative pronouns
6. Indefinitive pronouns
7. Personal pronouns
8. Subject pronouns
9. Object pronouns
10.Reciprocal pronouns
11.Intensive pronouns

4. Types of Pronouns with Examples
•Relative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to relate one
part of the sentence to another. Some examples of relative
pronouns are that, which, where, when, why, what, whom
and whose.
•Possessive Pronouns are pronouns that are used to show
possession. Some examples of possessive pronouns are mine,
yours, his, hers, theirs and its.
•Reflexive Pronouns are pronouns that are used to refer back
to the subject in the sentence. Some examples of reflexive
pronouns are myself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself,
ourselves, themselves and yourselves.

5. Types of Pronouns with Examples
• Demonstrative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to point to
specific objects. Some examples of demonstrative pronouns are this,
that, these and those.
• Interrogative Pronouns are pronouns that are used to ask questions.
Some examples of interrogative pronouns are who, what, when, why
and where.
• Indefinite Pronouns are pronouns that do not refer to any particular
person, place or thing. Some examples of indefinite pronouns are
someone, somebody, somewhere, something, anyone, anybody,
anywhere, anything, no one, nobody, nowhere, everyone,
everybody, everywhere, everything, each, none, few, and many.

6. Types of Pronouns with Examples
•Personal Pronouns are simple pronouns that are used to
substitute proper names. Some examples of personal
pronouns are I, you, he, she, we, they, him, her, he, she, us
and them.
•Subject Pronouns are pronouns that perform the action in a
sentence. Some examples of subject pronouns are I, you,
we, he, she, it, they and one.
•Object Pronouns are pronouns that receive the action in a
sentence. Some examples of object pronouns are me, us,
him, her and them.

7. Types of Pronouns with Examples
•Reciprocal Pronouns are pronouns that are used
to express a mutual relationship. Some examples
of reciprocal pronouns are each other and one
another.
•Intensive Pronouns are the same as reflexive
pronouns, with the only difference being that you
can remove the intensive pronoun from the
sentence, and the sentence would still make
sense.

8. Test Your Understanding of Pronouns
I. Identify the pronouns and the type of pronoun in the following sentences:
1.I am going home today evening.
2.Her aunt will be vacating next week.
3.She is the girl I was talking to you about.
4.This is the place where I found my missing bag.
5.Did you do it yourself?
6.It was a time when I was so happy.
7.We always help each other out.
8.Has everyone completed the work that was assigned for today?
9.That dog down the street is his.
10.All my friends are coming home for my parents’ 25th wedding anniversary celebration.

9. II. Use suitable pronouns to substitute the underlined nouns in the following
sentences:
• Josh and Derrick visited Disneyland last month.
• ______________visited Disneyland last month.
• Sarah did not come home last evening.
• ______________did not come home last evening.
• My mom could not find her cupboard keys.
• ______________could not find her cupboard keys.
• Yesterday was my parents’ wedding anniversary.
• Yesterday was _____________wedding anniversary.
• The cat drank all the milk that was left in the kitchen.
• ______________drank all the milk that was left in the kitchen.

10. Answers
• Sheela and Teena found it hard to move the sofa set across the hall as the sofa set
was too heavy for Sheela and Teena to carry.
• Sheela and Teena found it hard to move the sofa set across the hall as _________was too
heavy for _________to carry.
• Divya is Danny’s sister.
• __________ is __________sister.
• That silver Brezza belongs to Emmanuel and Usha.
• That silver Brezza belongs to _________.
• My pet dog just lay on the floor the whole day.
• ______________just lay on the floor the whole day.
• The teacher asked the students if the students had submitted the students’
assignments.
• The teacher asked the students if ______________had submitted ____________assignments.

11. Type Usage Examples
Possessive Pronoun
expresses possession, ownership, origin, relationship,
etc.
mine, yours, his, hers, ours,
theirs
Personal Pronoun
refers to people and, sometimes, animals; the pronouns
it, they, and them can also apply to objects
I, you, she, he, it, we, they, me,
us, them
Relative Pronoun connect dependent clauses to independent clauses who, whom, which, what, that
Reflexive Pronoun
used as an object of a verb that refers to the same
person or thing as the subject of the verb
myself, yourself, itself, herself,
himself, ourselves, themselves
Intensive Pronoun
refers back to the subject in order to add emphasis;
identical in appearance to reflexive pronouns
myself, yourself, itself, herself,
himself, ourselves, themselves
Indefinite Pronoun
a pronoun that doesn’t specifically identify who or what
it is referring to
some, somebody, anyone,
anywhere, nothing, everybody
Demonstrative Pronoun used to point to specific things this, that, these, those
Interrogative Pronoun used to ask questions about unknown people or things
who, whom, what, which,
whose
Reciprocal Pronoun expresses mutual relationships or actions each other, one another

12. KEEP PRACTICING!!!