Pronoun Presentation an it's types.

1. What is a Pronoun?
By: DARYL JAY B.BECIO

2. What is a Pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun, frequently to
save repeating the same noun repeatedly. Pronouns can refer to
names, things, ideas, and places just
like nouns can.
There is usually at least one noun or pronoun in a sentence.
Although personal pronouns are typically referred to as
"pronouns," there are numerous other types of pronouns that
are equally significant to English grammar. All of the terms
below that are bolded are pronouns.

3. Example: Pronouns
I asked her if the earphones were hers, but she said they belonged to
someone else.
It might rain tomorrow, but there isn’t much we can do about that.
These are the days that I like best.
Which of them do you prefer? Help yourself to whichever you like.

4. How pronouns use in sentence?
Pronouns are mostly used to substitute nouns. They therefore
play a role in sentences in a way that's similar the use of
nouns.
Pronouns, like nouns, are frequently used as the subject of a sentence,
followed it includes a verb (a word that expresses an
action).
Examples: Pronouns as subjects
I like to play mobile games.
We have never been to Paris before.
It is difficult to stay calm in stressful situations.

5. In a sentence, a pronoun can also serve as the object, either directly or indirectly:
• Something or someone that the verb directly acts upon is known as the
direct object.
• The recipient of the direct object is known as the indirect object.
Examples: Pronouns as direct and indirect objects
Give me that!
Can you promise her this?

6. Pronoun antecedents
The noun that is replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.
For example:
I love my cat because she is a good cat.
The word she is a pronoun that replaces the noun cat.
Daryl was late to class again because he missed the bus.
As they debated the point, the students became increasingly animated.
Person A: What do you think of Nico?
Person B: I don’t like him very much.

7. Personal Pronouns - words like “he” that relate to you, the person you’re
speaking to, or other names or things.
Although they typically allude to an antecedent, they can also appear
situations when the reference is obvious (for example, “I” always refers to
speaker or writer).
Personal pronouns can change their form based on:
Person (first-, second-, or third-person)
Number (singular or plural)
Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter, or epicene)
Case (subject, object, possessive, or reflexive/intensive)
Types of Pronouns

9. Demonstrative Pronouns
The four demonstrative pronouns—this, that, these, and those—are used in
conversation to signify things that have been previously discussed or that are
evident from the context. For example, in the phrase “Take this,” “this” doesn’t have
an explicit antecedent, but it’s obvious from the context that it refers to the item
you’re being handed.
The demonstrative pronouns give information about the relative closeness (literal or
figurative) of the things they refer to, especially when they’re contrasted with each
other:
• The “near” demonstrative this (singular) or these (plural) indicates something
close to you.
• The “far” demonstrative that (singular) or those (plural) indicates something
farther from you.

10. Examples: Demonstrative pronouns
This is an strawberry, and those are grapes.
That isn’t fair! I wanted to go first.

11. Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative pronouns are used (along with other types of interrogative
words) to introduce questions.
The interrogative pronouns are:
• What and which, used to ask questions about things
• Who and whom, used to ask about people
• Whose, used to ask about ownership
Examples: Interrogative pronouns
Whose is this jacket?
What were your favorite classes at school?
Whom do you admire the most?

12. Relative Pronouns
A relative clauses, which typically provides more information about the noun that co
mes before it, is introduced with a relative pronoun.
They imitate interrogative pronouns in many ways.
These are the relative pronouns:
• Which(ever), that, and what(ever), used in relation to things
• Who(ever) and whom(ever), used in relation to people
• Whose, used to indicate ownership

13. Relative pronouns are often omitted in practice (e.g., “the book [that] I read”).
There’s nothing wrong with doing this as long as it doesn’t create ambiguity.
Examples: Relative pronouns
The first thing that I thought of was a book.
It doesn’t matter whose it was; it’s ours now!
Whoever broke the glass should own up to it.

14. Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronoun - words like “somebody” that refer to an unidentified
person or thing. Many of them are formed using some combination of
every-, or no- with –thing, -one, -where, or –body.
In addition, there are distributive pronouns like “neither” and “each”
choose between possibilities and a variety of indeterminate pronouns like
“many,” “none,” and “enough” that are used to indicate quantity.

15. The impersonal pronoun “one” can also be regarded as indefinite.
Examples: Indefinite pronouns
Try to think of somewhere nice to go for dinner.
No one likes her, and she doesn’t like anyone.
Some are born lucky, while others have to work hard for everything they get.
get.
Few are able to excel in such a competitive field.

16. Reciprocal Pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns are used to indicate a reciprocal relationship between two people or
things, where the members of a group each perform the same action relative to the other(s).
The English reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.
Some writers claim that “each other” should only be used to refer to groups of two and “one
another” to groups of three or more. But this distinction is rejected by most style guides and
not borne out in practice; you can use the two interchangeably.
Examples: Reciprocal pronouns
Siblings often compete with each other for parental attention.
It’s important that we treat one another with respect.

17. Dummy Pronoun (expletives)
A dummy pronoun (also called an expletive) is a pronoun that doesn’t
have any explicit meaning but is necessary to the sentence structure.
Unlike other pronouns, dummy pronouns don’t actually replace a noun.
The two words used as dummy pronouns in English are it and there.
Note that both words can also fulfill other grammatical roles. Dummy
pronouns are commonly used to talk about the weather, to emphasize
certain elements in a sentence, or to introduce the existence of
something.
Examples: Dummy pronouns
It rained yesterday, but today it’s bright and sunny.
There are thousands of different species of birds in the world.
It isn’t clear to me what you mean.

18. That’s all thankyou!!