What Are The Different Types Of Pronouns? (ANSWER)
TYPES OF PRONOUNS – In this topic, we are going to learn and identify the different types of pronouns and the meaning of each.
Pronouns are usually words that replaces a noun or a noun phrase but there are certain types that are considered pronouns but do not have these traits.
Types
According to GrammarMonster, there are at about nine different types of pronouns:
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- These are used to demonstrate or indicate something such as this, that, these, and those.
- Examples:
- Are you going to eat that?
- Is this for real?
- What are those?
- Indefinite Pronouns
- This type is used to identify non-specific things such as all, some, any, several, anyone, nobody, each, both, few, either, none, one, and no one.
- Examples:
- Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me.
- There are few who do not wish to be with us.
- Well, you gotta have something to be curious about.
- Interrogative Pronouns
- These are used in questions such as Who, which, what, where, and how.
- Examples:
- What are you going to do?
- When will we meet?
- Where do you want to go?
- Personal Pronouns
- These pronouns represents people and replaces nouns such as I, you, he, she, it, we, they, and who.
- Examples:
- You must be kidding me.
- He will show you the way
- She must have a boyfriend.
- Possessive Pronouns
- These types represents possession such as mine, yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs.
- Examples:
- Shall we decide which item is yours to possess?
- This bag is mine.
- The things left in the classroom are his.
- Relative Pronouns
- These are used to add more information to a sentence like which, that, who, whom, whose and where.
- Example:
- The house, which was on fire, is now destroyed.
- My best friend, whom I consider my sister, wants to talk to you.
- Reciprocal Pronouns
- These are used for actions or feelings that are reciprocated such as each other and one another.
- Examples:
- Do you hate one another?
- Aww, whey do love each other.
- Reflexive Pronouns
- These pronouns usually ends with -self or -selves and refers to another noun or pronoun in the sentence.
- Examples:
- You will hurt yourself
- The dog bit itself.
- Intensive | Emphatic Pronouns
- This pronoun refers back to another noun or pronoun in the sentence to emphasize it.
- Examples:
- I will deal with this problem myself.
- Kitty opened the can herself.
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