The Kinds of Pronoun | English By Zahid Sir
A word which is used in place of a noun or a phrase containing a noun. It means that a pronoun can be a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase.
For example
Rahul is a good boy.
Rahul= noun
He is a good boy.
He= pronoun
Let’s understand the kinds of pronoun
1. Personal Pronoun: It refers to a word which is associated with a particular grammatical person in the form of first person, second person, and third person.
There are three types of personal pronoun
- Subjective/Nominative pronoun: He, she, it, I, you, we, they.
I am going there today.
- Objective pronoun: Him, her, it, me, you, us, them.
He teaches them.
He= subjective pronoun
- Possessive Pronoun: His, hers, its, mine, ours, theirs.
This book is mine.
2. Relative pronoun: It refers to a word which refers back to an earlier noun, a part of a sentence, or the sentence itself.
For example
Who(human beings), which(animals, things), that (for all) (जो, जिसने), whom(जिसके), whose(जिसका)
Rahul is the boy who did this work.
The dog which is sitting there is barking.
The technology that he is using is not good.
He is the man with whom I was studying yesterday.
We don’t know whose these are.
3. Indefinite pronoun: It refers to a word which does not determine a person or a thing.
For example
Somebody, nobody, something, someone, etc.
Somebody has done this work.
4. Demonstrative pronoun: It refers to a word which is used to indicate a specific person or thing. There should not be any existence of a noun after a demonstrative pronoun otherwise it will become an adjective.
For example
This, that, these, those
This(demonstrative pronoun) is a good toy.
This(demonstrative adjective) toy is good.
These(demonstrative pronoun) are good books.
5. Distributive pronoun: A word which refers to each individual separately rather than collectively. There shouldn’t be any existence of a noun after any of the words of distributive pronoun.
For example
Each, either, neither
I like both tea and coffee. Either will be good for me.
Each of the students should get equal attention.
We are two persons and neither of us should believe in fake news.
6. Reflexive pronoun: It refers to a word which refers back to the subject in a sentence.
For example
Himself, herself, itself, myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves.
She did this work herself.
I completed this project myself.
7. Emphatic pronoun: It refers to a word which puts an emphasis on the subject by referring to it that the work has been done only by the subject.
For example
Himself, herself, itself, myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves.
She herself did this work.
I myself completed this project.
8. Reciprocal pronoun: It refers to a word which expresses mutual action or relationship.
For example
each other and one another
Ram and Shyam are talking to each other.
Ram, Shyam, and Mukesh are talking to one another.
9. Interrogative pronoun: It refers to a word which is used to ask a question.
For example
What, Which, who, whom, and whose
What is your name?
Also Read- THE KINDS OF NOUN
I’m Mohammad Zahid Hussain, a Content Writer, Spoken English, IELTS and PTE Trainer. I’m also a Professional English-Hindi and Hindi-English Translator, Editor and Proofreader. I’m a graduate from Jamia Millia Islamia University, and I’m here to share my articles on a wide range of topics to help you enhance your insights into various things to provide you with factual information and creative analysis.
