English Grammar Pronouns

pronouns are used to replace nouns within sentences making them less repetitive and mechanic for example saying sonja didn't go to school because sonia was sick doesn't sound very good instead if you say sonia didn't go to school because she was sick it will make the sentence flow better there are several types of pronouns you will find the most common ones subjective personal pronouns as the name implies subjective pronouns act as subjects within sentences they are i you he i am going to the station while he is going to the bank objective personal pronouns these pronouns act as the object of verbs within sentences they are me you him her us them and it example the ball was going to hit me in the head possessive personal pronouns these pronouns are used to indicate possession and they are placed after the object in question as opposed to possessive adjectives like my and your which are placed before the object they are mine yours his hers ours theirs and its example of possessive adjective this is my ball example of possessive pronoun this ball is mine reflexive pronouns this special class of pronouns is used when the object is the same as the subject on the sentence they are myself yourself himself herself ourselves themselves and itself example i managed to hurt myself in the playground interrogative pronouns as you probably guessed these pronouns are used to ask questions they are what which who whom and whose example what are the chances of us winning demonstrative pronouns these pronouns are used to indicate a noun and distinguish it from other entities notice that demonstrative pronouns replace the noun while demonstrative determiners modify them they are this that these those example of a demonstrative determiner this hotel is ugly example of a demonstrative pronoun this is the right one indefinite pronouns as the name implies indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific thing place or person there are many of them including anyone anywhere everyone none someone and so on example everyone is going to the christmas party you

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Length: 5min 17sec (317 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 04 2011