PRONOUN PRONOUN: A word which is used instead of noun in the sentences is called PRONOUN. Pronouns used for nouns. The same noun is not repeated in the sentences. Hence, pronoun is used. Example: Mr. “X” is a teacher. He teaches English. Mr. “Y” is a doctor. He treats the patient in the hospital. Etc. In the above sentences the pronoun” he” is used . In the first sentence “he” is used in stead of “Mr.X”. & “he” is used instead of “Mr.Y”. Mr. X and Mr. Y are known as noun & “he” is considered as PRONOUN. TYPES OF PRONOUN A.Personal Pronoun. B.Possessive Pronoun C.Demonstrative Pronoun. D. Reflexive Pronoun E. Indefinite Pronoun F. Distributive Pronoun G. Interrogative Pronoun H. Relative Pronoun PERSONAL PRONOUN There are three persons . Name of the Singular Plural PERSONS First person I We Second You You person Third person He,She,it They The words like you, we,he, she, it ,they, etc are known as personal pronouns. Personal pronouns are generally used in the order . Examples: You , he and I are in the same level. We , you and he will go to picinic tomorrow. “it ” is considered as impersonal pronoun. POSSESSIVE PRONOUN Personal Possessive Possessive Pronouns pronouns pronouns I My Mine We Our ours You Your yours He His his She Her her They Their theirs it its DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN This is good suggestion. There are good students. That is our classroom. Those are students. Etc. The italics words are pronouns. They are used to point out the objects in which they refer to .Therefore they are known as demonstrative pronuns. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS The “self” forms words are considered as REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. Example : The student hurt himself at the time of plying. We enjoyed ourselves very much in the party. The above words “himself” & “ourselves” are known as REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Examples : Some people came by bus and some people came by walk. Everyone is taking about the incidence. There is someone in the classroom. In the above sentences the “some” “Eveyone” & “someonne” are examples of INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS The pronouns which refers to persons or things individually ,are known as “Distributive Pronouns”. Examples : each, every, either, neither etc. Neither of us will eligible for getting the prize. Everybody has own problems. We want either of the two books. In the above examples “neither” ,”Everybody” ,”either” etc. are examples of “DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS”. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS The pronouns which help us to ask questions are known as “INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS”. Examples : Who, Whom, Whose , Where ,What ,Which etc. are examples of “INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS”. Who is that fellow ? What do you want ? Which is your book ? etc. In the above examples who , what ,which , etc are examples of interrogative pronouns. RELATIVE PRONOUNS The doctor who is attending me is a good person. My brother lost a ring which was made of diamond. We believe the words that we heard from you. In the above examples the italic words are examples of “RELATIVE PRONOUNS”. Relative Pronoun that is often used to introduce relative clauses. .