PRONOUN

Ankur met Amkur's uncle on Ankur's way to school.

uncle on way to school. Ankur met his uncle on his way to school.

KINDS OF PRONOUNS:

1.PERSONAL PRONOUNS

2.POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

3.REFLEXIVE PRONOUN.

4.DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

5.INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

6.INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

7.RELATIVE PRONOUNS

USES OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS





1 .Who is used for persons only;as

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.Pronouns are used in repetition of nouns in our writing or speech.Examples:1. Personal pronouns2 .Possessive pronouns3 .Reflexive pronouns4 .Demonstrative pronouns5 . Interrogative pronouns6 .Indefinite pronouns7 .Relative pronounsPersonal pronouns refer to people ,animals,places or things. The wordsandare called personal pronouns.Examples:a)My name is Arnav.am ten year old.b)The girl has passed,she worked hard.c)Call the boys here.They are my pupils.d)The book was lost.It was mine.e)I have six flowers.They are all roses.Personal pronoun I ,he, she,we, they have the forms me,him,her,us,them for the Objective Case.Do not use I for me when the pronoun is connected by a Conjection(and,or) with some other word in the Objective Case.E.g. These books are for you and me.(Not,I),He invited my sister and me to dinner.The words,andare called possessive pronoun .They are used to talk about things belonging to people.Possessive pronoun convey the same meaning as possessive adjective(my,your,our,her,his ,its and their).However possessive adjectives are places before noun they refer to and possessive pronoun are places after the noun they refer to.This isbook This book isIt'smistake. This mistake isThese arebooks. These books areThe wordsandare called reflexive pronoun.Myself,yourself,etc.,are used as objects of a verb when the action of the verb returns to doer,i.e,when subject and object are the same person;as,E.g. I made this cakeKiran has hurtThey hurtReflexive pronouns can also be used when we want to say something with emphasis.In this case they are placed after the subject of the sentence.a) Idisagree on this issue.b) The doctor said soc)Theyconfessed their guilt.d)Youcan best explain.e)Maryopened the door.A demonstrative pronoun points out the person or object it refers to.andare demonstrative pronouns.1.andare singular demonstrative pronouns.2.andare plural demonstrative pronouns.The words.They are used to ask a question.1.is used for asking about things in general.2.is used for asking a question about a person or thing.3.are used for asking questions about person.did you say?is your book?is your class teacher?do you want to see?umbrella is this?What,which and whose can also function as adjectives.a)book are you looking for?b)advice did the counsellor give you?A pronoun that is used to refer to some person or thing that is not definite .Some words that can be used as indefinite pronoun are :all,another,anyone,each,anything,everyone,everybody,everything,many,some and someone.Pronouns which tell us how many are called.Pronoun which tell us how much are calleda)The following Pronoun of Number and Quantity are always singular:of them has a pen.of these two pen is good.of these two pen is new.is able to do this.is able to learn this.has stolen my book.of our work is done in school hours.of milk has fallen on the table.b)The following Pronoun of Number and Quantity are always plural;of them are happy now.are called,but few are chosen.of those bottles are full.of those bottles are broken.The Pronoun who,whose,whom,which,that ,which join two sentences and relate or refer to Noun which have gone before are called Relative pronoun.The Noun to which a Relative Pronoun refers or relates is called Antecedent.E.g; This is the boy who was late.Here boy is the Antecedent of Who.The manis honest succeed in his life.The boys who were lazy were punished.2.is used for animals and for things without life;The bookhas pictures in it is mine.These are the penwe lost yesterday.These are the dogs which bit the children.3.is used for person,animals and things;Happy is the manavoids bad company.This is the horsecarried me here.She had lost the bookyou gave her.4.refers to things only.Its antecedent is always hidden .This isI want.I sayI mean.I foundi was looking for.5.is used as a relative pronoun after such and sometimes after the same as;This is nota amazing novelI expected.She is nota intelligent studentyou are.My answer is the sameyours.His answer was not suchI expected from him.