#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

PERSON

SINGULAR NUMBER

PLURAL NUMBER

First Person

my
mine

our
ours

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 are used for asking questions.

Example

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.

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