Types Of Pronouns and Their Examples

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 Isheheyouitwe, 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”.

Types Of Pronouns

Different types:

TypesDefinitionExamples
Relativeused to relate one part of the sentence to anotherthat, which, where, when, why, what, whom, whose
Reflexiveused to refer back to the subject in the sentencemyself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves
Demonstrativeused to point to specific objectsthis, that, these, those
Possessiveused to show possessionmine, yours, his, hers, theirs, its
Indefinitedo not refer to any particular person, place, or thingsomeone, somebody, somewhere, something, anyone, anybody, anywhere, anything, no one, nobody, nowhere, everyone, everybody, everywhere, everything, each, none, few, many
Personalused to substitute proper names I, you, he, she, we, they, him, her, he, she, us, them
Subjectperforms the action in a sentence I, you, we, he, she, it, they, one
Objectreceives the action in a sentenceme, us, him, her, them
Interrogativeused to ask questionswhat, which, who, whom, whose
Reciprocalused to express a mutual relationship.each other, one another
Intensivesame as reflexive pronouns but even if this pronoun is removed, the sentence would still make sensemyself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves

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