Pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. There are several types of pronouns including personal pronouns which indicate person, gender and number; demonstrative pronouns which point to things in distance or time; possessive pronouns which indicate belonging; and reflexive pronouns which refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. There are several types of pronouns including personal pronouns which indicate person, gender and number; demonstrative pronouns which point to things in distance or time; possessive pronouns which indicate belonging; and reflexive pronouns which refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Pronouns are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. There are several types of pronouns including personal pronouns which indicate person, gender and number; demonstrative pronouns which point to things in distance or time; possessive pronouns which indicate belonging; and reflexive pronouns which refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Personal Pronoun- a pronoun that is associated Demonstrative Pronoun- a pronoun
with a particular person and shows the number, that is used to point toward something person, gender, and case of the noun being in a given sentence. replaced. Near in distance or time - this, these 3 types of persons: Far in distance or time- that, those 1st person- I, we, us Singular- this, that 2nd person- you Plural- these, those 3rd person- he, she it, her, him, Both singular and plural- none, such, the same they, them Function in a sentence: Sample sentences: Subject pronouns- I, he, she, it, we, This box is heavier than that. you, they These chairs are sturdier than those chairs. Object pronouns- me, him, her, it, us, None of this makes sense. you, them
Possessive Pronoun- a pronoun that is used to Reflexive Pronoun- we use reflexive
indicate the belongingness of one thing to another pronoun when we want to refer back to or of one person to another. subject of the sentence or clause. Number Person Possessive pronoun List of reflexive pronouns: singular 1st mine singular- myself, yourself, him/herself, itself 2nd yours plural- ourselves, yourselves, themselves 3rd his, hers We use reflexive pronouns: Plural 1st ours when the subject and object are the same 2nd yours person or thing. 🠖 I cut myself. 3rd theirs with these verbs: enjoy, behave, help Sample sentence: 🠖 Did you enjoy yourself at Iya's party? with by, to mean 'alone', without help from Her dress was old and worn. anyone else. 🠖She went to school by herself.