KINDS OF PRONOUNSKINDS OF PRONOUNS

1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS May refer to the person speaking; the person being May refer to the person speaking; the person being

spoken to or spoken person, place or thing spoken spoken to or spoken person, place or thing spoken about.about.

a.a.First person – refers to the speaker “First person – refers to the speaker “I” for singular and I” for singular and “We” for plural“We” for plural

b.b.Second person – refers to the person being spoken to Second person – refers to the person being spoken to “You” for both singular and plural“You” for both singular and plural

c.c.Third person – refers to the person, place or thing Third person – refers to the person, place or thing being spoken about being spoken about “He, She and It” for singular, “They” “He, She and It” for singular, “They” for pluralfor plural

2. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS2. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

Point out specific person, place or thingsPoint out specific person, place or things

This This andand That That == singularsingular

These These and and ThoseThose == pluralplural

Example: Example:

ThoseThose are the new students. are the new students.

3. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS3. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS May refer to persons, places or things without May refer to persons, places or things without

specifying which ones they are referring to specifying which ones they are referring to

SingularSingular PluralPlural Singular or PluralSingular or Plural

anotheranother bothboth allall

anyoneanyone fewfew anyany

everyoneeveryone manymany moremore

nobodynobody othersothers mostmost

somebodysomebody severalseveral nonenone

4. RELATIVE PRONOUNS4. RELATIVE PRONOUNS Connect groups of words to another idea in the Connect groups of words to another idea in the

same sentence. same sentence. That , which, who, That , which, who, and and whose whose are are relative pronouns.relative pronouns.

Example:Example:

The actor The actor whomwhom we admire gave us his we admire gave us his autograph.autograph.

5. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS5. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS It refers back to the subject. Whenever there is It refers back to the subject. Whenever there is

a reflexive pronoun in a sentence, there must be a reflexive pronoun in a sentence, there must be a person, place, or thing to whom or to which a person, place, or thing to whom or to which that pronoun refers. that pronoun refers.

Example:Example:

The children dressed The children dressed themselves.themselves.

I I myself myself took care of the problem.took care of the problem.

6. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS6. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

It introduce questions. It introduce questions. What, which, who, whom What, which, who, whom and and whose whose are examples of interrogative are examples of interrogative pronouns.pronouns.

7. RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS7. RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS It indicates some mutual relationship between It indicates some mutual relationship between

two or more persons or things.two or more persons or things.

Example:Example:

The spouse give The spouse give each othereach other a hard time. a hard time.

Amelia and Madeline told Amelia and Madeline told each othereach other a lie. a lie.