What are pronouns?
These are words which stand for a noun, a person, or an object.
Below will discuss the different types of pronouns namely: indefinite, relative, demonstrative, reflexive, intensive, and interrogative, reciprocal
This section will list and briefly highlight in briefly the several kinds of pronouns giving examples of use in sentences.
1. Personal Pronouns
They represent a person. It can either be first person. For example, “I am playing football”. And the plural will be ‘we are going to church’.
The second person refers to the people or a person being spoken to. For example, “You will go home
The third person will represent people or people being spoken about. For example, “They went to visit Brenda”
2. Possessive pronouns
Examples include: mine, ours, and hers
That dress is hers.
3. Demonstrative Pronouns
Includes (this, that, these, those, such) which can sometimes act as determiners. They are mostly used to refer or in place of a noun.
Example of use as pronouns is shown below.
That is amazing (shows something a person has just seen)
Such is an unbelievable act. (shows an explanation)
Example of use as a demonstrative sowing a relative distance in terms of time or space is shown below.
These (books on the shelf) are interesting to read.
Those (books on the table) I have read.
Demonstratives can also refer to a person if used as a subject.
This is my sister.
Possessive pronouns can be used to show sigh of distress. For example:
You are going to buy this?
4. Relative Pronouns
Includes (who, whoever, which, that). These help link words and nouns or other pronouns.
For example: The athlete who practices often always wins
Relative pronouns exist in expanded forms and are referred to as indefinite relative pronouns; — whoever, whomever, whatever.
For example:
The teacher will choose whomever she pleases.
She always says whatever crosses her mind.
5. Indefinite Pronouns
The examples of indefinite pronouns are some, none anybody, somebody, everybody, all and each. They always function as nouns. For example:
Somebody was looking for her.
In some circumstances, indefinite pronouns can act as determiners. This may include few, fewer, little, most, all, And Both.
For example:
Few interns will be selected.
6. Intensive Pronouns.
Some of the examples include: myself, ourselves, themselves, and yourself.
The intensive pronouns have a personal pronoun in addition to self which emphasize a noun.
For example:
I myself don’t know the place.
7. Reflexive Pronouns
These are pronouns which end in -self or –selves. They include: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.
The group here cannot cook for themselves.
This can also be used for emphasis. For example: They themselves built the five-storey building in Jerusalem.
8. Interrogative Pronouns
The examples are: who, which and what. They are used to introduce some questions.
For example, What is the name of this?
9. Reciprocal Pronouns
The reciprocal pronouns are basically used to join ideas.
For example,
My boyfriend and I gave each other gifts for valentine’s day.
It can also be used in a way to show possession. For example:
They drove each other’s cars.
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