Pronoun

Kinds of Pronoun

There are many Kinds of Pronoun (types are not much important for competitive exams). However, let’s discuss them briefly to get familiar with them-

Personal Pronoun-

Pronoun that refers to a particular person, group or thing.

eg:- I, you ,he, she, we, me, us, her, him, it, they, them etc.

Possessive Pronoun-

Possessive Pronoun attributes ownership to someone or something.

eg:- his, hers, yours, ours, mine, theirs.

Demonstrative Pronouns-

The words this, that, these, those, such, so, the same, one etc. are called demonstrative Pronoun. It is used to indicate person(s) or thing(s).

eg:- These paintings are beautiful.

Distributive Pronouns-

Distributive Pronoun are each, either, neither etc. It is used to distinguish any person(s) or things(s) from group.

Reciprocal Pronoun- 

Reciprocal Pronouns are each other, one another. It is used for referring same work/things of two or more persons or things.

Note: each other is used for two persons/things while one another is used for more than two persons/things.

 -They all loved one another.

-The five good friends quarreled with each other.

Both sentences are correct.

Reflexive Pronoun- 

Reflexive Pronouns are formed by adding- self(singular) to my, your, him, her, it AND selves to our, your, them.

eg:- myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Emphatic Pronoun-

When myself, yourself, ourselves, herself, itself, themselves etc. are used for the sake of emphasis (self-importance) they are called emphatic Pronouns

 -I myself did the work.

-His brother and I myself were present.

Relative Pronoun-

Pronouns used to relate or connect sentences or phrases are called Relative Pronoun.

eg:- who, which, that, what, why etc.

eg:-  we don’t know the person who donated this money.

Interrogative Pronoun-

The Pronoun who, which, whom, what, whose etc used in asking questions are called interrogative Pronoun.

eg:- Who was knocking at the door?

Indefinite Pronoun-

Pronoun that doesn’t point out any particular person or thing, but refers to persons or things in a general manner.

eg- one, some, any, everybody, none, everything, something etc.

Exclamatory Pronoun-

When interrogative word what/ which/ who is used to express surprise, it is called exclamatory Pronoun.

eg:- What a dreadful night!