Substitutes

Okay so remember the last post about adjectives? So, what are adjectives? Quickly scroll down now and find out before I scold you! :D

Now that we've learnt that adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, do you know what pronouns are? I'll give you a clue. They have something to do with nouns. So...?



You're right! Pronouns are substitutes for nouns!

Great. Now we've gotten that out of the way, can you name the types of pronouns there are?

1. Personal Pronouns
2. Reflexive Pronouns
3. Possessive Pronouns
4. Demonstrative Pronouns
5. Indefinite Pronouns
6. Interrogative Pronouns
7. Relative Pronouns

So, do you know any of these?

It's okay. We'll take it on one by one, okay? Now, that's the spirit!

1. Personal Pronouns
- divided into subject and object pronouns
- subject pronouns = I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- object pronouns = me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- e.g.: You like me, but I love him.

2. Reflexive Pronouns
- refers back to the subject of the verb
- myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves
- e.g.: All of you better prepare yourselves for activities that I myself had prepared.

3. Possessive Pronouns
- shows ownership
- mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
- e.g.: This pencil is not yours, hers nor his. It is mine.

4. Demonstrative Pronouns
- refers to something that the reader/ audience is already familiar with
- this, that, these those
- e.g: This is her hat, that is mine, and those are theirs.

5. Indefinite Pronouns
- used when not referring to any particular person or thing
- someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, something, everything, anything, nothing
- e.g.: Someone told me that everyone was going to the party but when I got there I found out no one had come.

6. Interrogative Pronouns
- ask questions
- what, which, whose, who, whom
-e.g.: Which is your umbrella? Whose is this?

7. Relative Pronouns
- introduce an extra piece
- who, whom, whose, which
- e.g.: To whom did you address it?

Do you understand all of this? Oh please do remember that pronouns can stand alone, as opposed to determiners*. What are determiners*, you might wonder? Well, that's a different blog post all together. ;)

Here's a video from Grammar Rock on pronouns :)

Reference(s):
Focus on Grammar - Anne Seaton