Types of Pronouns
Share2TweetSharePin57 Shares Types of Pronouns What is a Pronoun: A Pronoun is a small word that is used in place of a noun to avoid the repetition of nouns. Every pronoun must have a clear antecedent (the word for Read More
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Uses of Pronouns
Share87TweetSharePin491 SharesUses of Pronouns: What is a Pronoun: A Pronoun is a small word that is used in place of a noun to avoid the repetition of nouns. Every pronoun must have a clear antecedent (the word for which the Read More
Impersonal Pronoun
Share123TweetSharePin4127 SharesImpersonal Pronoun ‘It’ When there is no possibility of using a clear subject in a sentence, we generally use ‘there’ or ‘it’. When we talk about material things, the word we use is ‘there’ and when we talk about Read More
Exclamatory Pronouns
Share112TweetSharePin4116 SharesExclamatory Pronouns The pronouns that are used as an exclamation (to express sudden emotion) are called the Exclamatory Pronouns. In the following sentences the word ‘What’ with the exclamation mark has been used as an Exclamatory Pronoun. Examples: What! Read More
Interrogative Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesInterrogative Pronouns: Introduction: Interrogative Pronouns are used to ask a question. When we want to get any kind of information, the most usual way is to ask questions. So, we use Interrogative Pronouns to get the required information. Usually, Read More
Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesDefining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses Before we understand what defining and non-defining clauses are, it is better to have a clear idea of Relative Clauses. What is a clause? A clause is a group of words that forms Read More
Omission of the Relative Pronoun
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesOmission of the Relative Pronoun: Introduction to Omission of the Relative Pronoun: The Relative Pronoun introduces the relative clause and can be a subject or an object of the verb or the object of a preposition. Sometimes, the Relative Read More
Relative Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesRelative Pronouns: What are Relative Pronouns? Relative Pronouns are used to join a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun (antecedent) in the previous clause. The Relative Pronoun introduces the relative clause and can be a subject or Read More
Reciprocal Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesReciprocal Pronouns: Reciprocal Pronouns are used when two or more nouns express a mutual or reciprocal action in a sentence. The Reciprocal Pronouns are ‘each other’ and ‘one another.’ The main purpose of using these pronouns is to stop Read More
Possessive Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesPossessive Pronouns: Possessive Pronouns replace a noun with an apostrophe and “s” to show ownership or possession of a noun. These pronouns are mainly used to substitute a noun or a noun phrase in order to prevent the repetition Read More
Distributive Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesDistributive Pronouns: Distributive Pronouns refer to persons or things one at a time. It considers the members of a group separately, rather than collectively. This pronoun is always singular and is used with a singular noun and verb. Read More
Indefinite Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesIndefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns don’t refer to any particular person or thing. They are used to point to persons or things in general. These pronouns can function as singular, plural or both (singular and plural). Indefinite Pronouns Examples Singular Read More
Demonstrative Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesDemonstrative Pronouns A Demonstrative Pronoun is used to replace a noun or a pronoun that has already been mentioned in a sentence. This pronoun is used mainly to avoid repetition that may lead to any kind of confusion. There Read More
Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesReflexive and Emphatic Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns are used when the action done by the subject refers back to the subject in a sentence or clause. Reflexive pronouns replace the object of a sentence when it refers Read More
Personal Pronouns
ShareTweetSharePin0 SharesPersonal Pronouns Personal pronouns are used in place of specific people or things that we are talking about. We use these Personal Pronouns keeping in view of the Number, Person, Gender and Case: Personal Pronouns Examples: Sheela is Read More