Parts of Speech

 

1.2 Pronouns

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns to avoid repetition. They can be classified into several types:

• Personal Pronouns: Refer to specific people or things. Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
• Possessive Pronouns: Show ownership. Examples: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
• Reflexive Pronouns: Refer back to the subject of the sentence. Examples: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
• Demonstrative Pronouns: Point to specific things. Examples: this, that, these, those.
• Interrogative Pronouns: Used to ask questions. Examples: who, whom, whose, which, what.
• Relative Pronouns: Introduce relative clauses. Examples: who, whom, whose, which, that.
• Indefinite Pronouns: Refer to non-specific things. Examples: someone, anything, everyone, nothing.