MPU 3022

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Pronouns

Pronouns are the words that

commonly take the place of a
noun or noun phrase, or a whole
clause or a sentence.
Personal Pronouns
 Used to replace the names of people,
animals, place or things. Eg. Pn. Nora is a
teacher. She teaches in SK Air Baruk.
 Used at the beginning of a sentence as a
subject. Eg. He eats bread every morning.
 Used as the object of a sentence

-after preposition. Eg. Bob gave the bag to

her.
-after action words. Eg. He chased it
away.
Demonstrative Pronouns
 Used to point out the nouns.
 This (singular-near), That (singular-far),
These (plural-near), Those (plural-far)
 Eg.

This is my umbrella.
She bought that watch.
These books belong to my father.
Pak Mat plants those coconut trees.
Relative Pronouns
 Used at the beginning of adjective
clauses. Eg. That is the cat. It ate the fish.
 Used to join sentences:

Who -for people

Whom -for people (with prepositions)
Which -for animals, things or places.
Whose -for people to show possession.
That -for people, animals, places or things.
Reflexive Pronouns
 Used to show that the action returns to the
doer.
 Eg. I baked the cake myself.

He painted the wall all by himself.

She went travelling around the world

herself.
Interrogative Pronouns
 Are also known as Question words or ‘Wh’
Questions.
 What –to ask about people, animals or
things. Who –to ask the identity of people.
Whom – to talk about identity of people.
Usually used after prepositions. Whose –
to ask about possession. Which –to ask
for choices. Where –to ask about places.
When –to ask about time. Why –to ask for
reasons. How –to ask about people,
events and the way things are done.
Indefinite Pronouns
 Used when you are not referring to any
particular person.
 Indefinite pronouns are singular. Use them
with singular verbs.
 Eg. Anyone, anybody, someone, somebody,
everyone, everybody, no one and nobody.
 You can also use the plural pronouns, and
plural possessive determiner (their) to refer to
the indefinite pronouns.