Pronoun and types of Pronouns with examples

 ● Pronouns :- 

Pronoun is a word which is used instead ( اس کي جگھ پر) of noun.
Pronoun  is a word that refers to a noun.
Pronoun is a word which takes place of a noun.
Examples :- I ,we, you, he, she, it, they.
• Ahmed is a good student. (Noun).
• He is a good student.  (Pronoun).
• Uzma eats mango. (Noun).
• She eats mango.(Pronoun).

Types of Pronouns
• Personal Pronoun.
• Possessive Pronoun.
• Reflective Pronoun.

• Demonstrative Pronoun.

• Distributive Pronoun.

• Indefinite Pronoun.
• Intensive Pronoun.
• Interrogative Pronoun.
• Relative Pronoun.

• Reciprocal Pronoun.

● Personal Pronoun:- 

         personal Pronouns are pronouns that that refers to a specific person or things in a sentence.
It is divided into two groups nominative and objective.

● Nominative personal pronoun act as a subject of a sentence (I, we, you,  he, she, it, they).
Examples: I  go to school. We are brothers.

● Objective personal pronoun 

It acts as a object of a sentence. (Me, us, you, him, her, it, them).
Examples:-
1) Ahmed and Nawaz came out with me.
2) You are all responsible for them .

● Possessive Pronoun:- 

       Possessive pronouns are pronouns that show the ownership or something belongs to someone else .
(my/mine, your,/yours, his, her/hers, it’s,  our/ours , their/theirs)

● Reflective Pronoun :-

     It is a pronoun which reflects to the subject and used at the last of the sentences.  For making reflective Pronoun add "self & selves" to change them reflective pronoun .

Examples

1) Myself,  ourselves,  yourself,  yourselves,  himself, herself,  itself,  themselves. 

● Demonstrative Pronoun 

            It is used to point out the object to which it refers. 

Example: 

1) This is yours.

2) These are very useful.

There are only four Demonstrative pronouns 

(i) This   (ii) That     (iii) These     (iv) Those.

● Distributive Pronoun :

         It is used for distribution of any thing.

It denotes the numbers.

Examples : Each, Either, Neither, All

(i) Each of us completed the work.

(ii) Neither he will go to market nor she.

•      Interrogative Pronoun:

·      It is used for to ask questions.

·      There are only four interrogative pronouns.

·      Who, whose, which and what.

 

Ø Who :

Ø Who is used for only persons.

 

·      Who runs there?

·      Who is knocking at the door?

·      Whose is this book?

·      Whom did you see?

·      Whom did you know?

 

 

Ø Which :

Ø Which is used for both persons as well as things.

·      Which is your friend?

·      Which of you has done this?

·      Which of these books is your?

·      Which one will participate?

·      Which is your pen?

Agha Haseebullah Khan