Types of Pronouns Flashcards
(10 cards)
Personal Pronouns -
These pronouns are used to refer to people and animals. Examples include “I,” “you,” “he,” “she,” “it,” “we,” and “they.” Also known as Subject Pronouns.
Possessive Pronouns -
These pronouns help show possession or ownership of something. Examples include “my,” “your,” “his,” “her,” “its,” “our,” and “their.”
Demonstrative Pronouns -
These pronouns help point to specific things. Examples include “this,” “that,” “these,” and “those.”
Interrogative Pronouns -
These pronouns help ask questions. Examples include “who,” “whom,” “which,” “what,” and “whose.”
Not the same as questions, as questions are phrases that also use - ‘are, do, have you got?’
Relative Pronouns -
These pronouns help introduce dependent clauses. Examples include “who,” “whom,” “which,” “that,” and “whose.”
Indefinite Pronouns -
These pronouns help refer to unspecified people or things. Examples include “all,” “any,” “each,” “every,” “no one,” “none,” “some,” “anybody,” “anyone,” and “anything.”
Reciprocal Pronouns -
These pronouns are used to refer to a mutual relationship between two or more people. Examples include “each other” and “one another.”
Intensive Pronouns -
These pronouns help emphasize a noun or pronoun. Examples include “myself,” “yourself,” “himself,” “herself,” “itself,” “ourselves,” and “themselves.”
Reflexive Pronouns -
These pronouns are used to refer back to the subject of the sentence. Examples include “myself,” “yourself,” “himself,” “herself,” “itself,” “ourselves,” and “themselves.”
Subject and Object Pronouns -
Personal pronouns replace nouns, while subject pronouns act as the subject of a sentence (the one doing the action), and object pronouns receive the action. Subject pronouns are used before the verb, and object pronouns are used after the verb or after a preposition. (I, me, you, him, her, it, us, them)
