Pronoun
Category : 6th Class
Pronoun
The word which is used in the place of noun is called pronoun.
1. Personal Pronoun:
The pronoun which indicates a person is called personal pronoun.
For example: I am going
She is eating.
Personal Pronoun are used for first, second and third person.
Various Forms and Functions of the Personal Pronoun:
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Function |
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Person |
Number |
Gender |
Subject1 |
Object2 |
Passive2 |
First |
Singular |
Common |
I |
me |
my, mine |
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Plural |
'' |
we |
us |
our, ours |
Second |
Singular |
Common |
You |
you |
your, yours |
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Plural |
'' |
You |
you |
your, yours |
Third |
Singular |
Masculine |
He |
him |
his |
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'' |
Feminine |
She |
her |
her, hers |
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'' |
Neuter |
It |
it |
its |
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Plural |
Common |
They |
them |
their, theirs |
2. Interrogative Pronoun:
The pronoun which is used to ask questions is called interrogative pronoun.
For example:
Who are you?
Which is your book?
3. Realative Pronoun:
The Pronoun which is used to connect two sentences is called relative pronoun:
That noun is called antecedent.
(i) Continuative: In this relative pronoun do not show the speciality of its antecedent.
Who and which are continuative relative pronoun.
For example:
I met Rahul who (- and he) returned my book.
(ii) Restrictive: It shows the specificity of antecedent
For example:
Where is the pen which I gave you?
4. Distributive Pronoun:
Distributive pronoun are those which indicated every pronoun and thing in the sentence.
For example: either, neither, none, each, any
Each of you can go home.
5. Demonstrative Pronoun:
The pronoun which indicates the noun is called demonstrative pronoun.
For example: this, that
That is my book.
6. Indefinite Pronoun:
The Pronoun which does not indicate any definite person, place or thing is called indefinite pronoun.
For example: One, more, some, many, etc.
7. Reflexive Pronoun:
The pronoun which show the effect of work on subject is called pronoun.
For example: myself, himself, etc.
8. Reciprocal Pronoun:
Those pronoun which show mutual relations and are made up of two pronouns are called reciprocal pronoun.
For example: Each other and one another
Two sisters loved each other.
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