Pronouns

What Is A Pronoun?

Simply put, a pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence. There are a number of pronouns in the English language and we will take a look at these in this article.

Sentence without Pronouns

Jane gave the ball to Ben.

Sentence with Pronouns

She gave the ball to him.







List Of Pronouns

Personal Pronouns (Subjective)

These are pronouns to be used when the noun we are replacing is the subject in a sentence.

I gave you the ball.

I

he

she

you

they

we

it

who

Personal Pronouns (Objective)

These are pronouns to be used when the noun we are replacing is the object in a sentence.

You gave the ball to me.

me

him

her

you

them

us

it

whom

Possessive Pronouns

These represent things that belong to a noun.

That is his ball.

my / mine

his

her / hers

your / yours

our / ours

their / theirs

its

Reflexive Pronouns

We use reflexive pronouns when the subject and object are the same.

I gave the ball to myself.

myself

himself

herself

yourself / yourselves

ourself / ourselves

themselves

itself

Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun is used to specify exactly what you are talking about in a sentence.

I don’t want that ball, I want this ball.

this

those

that

these

Interrogative Pronouns

These are used to ask questions.

Whose ball is this?

what

whatever

whichever

which

who

whom

whoever

whomever

whose

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns are used to give more information about a noun before it and can be used to join sentences together.

I want the person whose ball this is to come here.

what

whatever

whichever

which

who

whom

whoever

whomever

whose

that

Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns don’t refer to a specific thing.

Anybody can have the ball.

all

any

anybody

anything

both

each

either

everybody

everyone

everything

few

many

most

neither

nobody

nothing

no one

none

one

several

some

somebody

someone

something





