What are the different types of pronouns? Examples are provided.
TYPES OF PRONOUNS – These are the words used to replace the noun, and here are its definition, types, and examples.
There are different parts of speech, one of which is a pronoun. They are the words used instead of a noun and used to substitute the noun in a paragraph or piece of writing to avoid repetition. Pronouns may be used in singular and plural forms. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines pronouns as “any of a small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context”.
Different types:
| Types | Definition | Examples |
| Relative | used to relate one part of the sentence to another | that, which, where, when, why, what, whom, whose |
| Reflexive | used to refer back to the subject in the sentence | myself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves |
| Demonstrative | used to point to specific objects | this, that, these, those |
| Possessive | used to show possession | mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, its |
| Indefinite | do not refer to any particular person, place, or thing | someone, somebody, somewhere, something, anyone, anybody, anywhere, anything, no one, nobody, nowhere, everyone, everybody, everywhere, everything, each, none, few, many |
| Personal | used to substitute proper names | I, you, he, she, we, they, him, her, he, she, us, them |
| Subject | performs the action in a sentence | I, you, we, he, she, it, they, one |
| Object | receives the action in a sentence | me, us, him, her, them |
| Interrogative | used to ask questions | what, which, who, whom, whose |
| Reciprocal | used to express a mutual relationship. | each other, one another |
| Intensive | same as reflexive pronouns but even if this pronoun is removed, the sentence would still make sense | myself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves |