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#4 Pronoun - Parts Of Speech | English Grammar - English Free Test



Pronoun is the word used instead of a noun.

Example
  • Harry is a good boy.He rises early in the morning.( 'He' is the pronoun used instead of Harry.)
  • him, he, she, it, my, mine, our, we, ours.. etc

Type Of Pronouns

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

PERSON SINGULAR NUMBER PLURAL NUMBER
First Person
I my
mine		 me
We our
ours		 us
Second Person
You your
yours		 you
You your
yours		 you
Third Person
Masculine Gender
Feminine Gender
Neuter Gender
He
She
It		 his
her
hers
its		 him
her
it
All Genders
they
they
they		 their, theirs
their, theirs
their, theirs		 them
them
them

First Person stands for the person speaking.
Second Person stands for the person spoken to.
Third Person stands for any one or anything.

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

Interrogative pronouns are used for asking questions.

Example
  • Who are you ?
  • who, what, which, whom, whose.. etc

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Words such as who, what, which, that ..etc are called relative pronouns since they expresses relation between two sentences or phrases.

Example
  • I saw an old man.He was too weak to walk.
  • I saw an old man who was too weak to walk.(who is the relative pronoun added to above sentence)
  • This is what I expected.