Definition of Pronouns

THEME: “Pronouns”
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
ISFT – 2023
Student: Bolqiyeva Dilrabo
Group: FLK.01
Teacher: Madaminova gulbahor
SELF STUDY

Definition of Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word or that part of speech that is used in the place of a noun. A pronoun is used to avoid the repetition of a noun in the sentence.
• He, she, they, it, her, those, etc. are pronouns used.

Types of Pronouns. There are 8 types of pronouns that are as follows

Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

• Definition
• In the grammatical sense, a pronoun that is associated with a particular person primarily is called personal pronoun. Each of the personal pronouns shows the grammatical person, number, gender, and case of the noun it replaces.

3 types of persons are used in personal pronoun:

First-person; I, we, us.
Second person; you.
Third-person; he, she, it, her, him, they, them.
Personal pronouns can be in various forms, e.g. singular, plural (depending on number). They can be in various forms depending on the case, gender, or formality.
There are two types of personal pronouns.
In a sentence, a personal pronoun can be used either as a subject or an object. Let’s have a detailed look at these.
Personal Pronouns as Subject Pronouns

• The order is delivered to her in the office.
• I like to watch movies, but she does not.

Personal Pronouns as Object Pronouns

• Sam likes her but not me.
• Jonny is taught by me.

Below is the table for nominative/ subjective and objective case of personal pronouns.

Let us take some examples for use of Personal Pronouns in a sentence:

Subject Pronouns
I don’t want to go to the office in the rain.
He struck her on the nose.
He is working hard to get the award of the best employee.
It’s sweet.
He has lived there for 5 years.
Object Pronouns
Ask it from them and they will tell you no truth.
Sam will call you as soon as possible.
He has transmitted the information to us.
I helped her pull her boots off.
Don’t tell him the truth.

Demonstrative Pronouns

• Definition
• Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that are used to replace nouns in a sentence, pointing towards something in a given sentence.
• List of demonstrative pronouns is as follows
• This, that, these, those are used most frequently
• These pronouns can be in two forms, either singular or plural:
• Singular — This, that
• Plural — These, those.
• None, such these can be used as both singular and plural nouns.
• These pronouns are used to point the things either near in time/ distance or far away in time/ distance.
• For things near in time/distance: This, these.
• For things far away in time/ distance: That, those.

Example/s

• This is my father’s shirt.
• That looks like the toy I used to play.
• These are nice sandals, but they are uncomfortable.
• This is a delicious dish.
• None of this makes sense.
• None of the people here seem to like the dish I cooked.
• She wants to paint this.
• I want to try this.
• Such is one’s poor choice.
• Neither is yours.
• Note: As everyone is aware that demonstrative pronouns are also used as a demonstrative adjective depends on their usage in a sentence. So do not get confused with them. Demonstrative pronouns are used on the place of nouns while demonstrative adjectives are used to qualify a noun.