Pronouns - Class 7 Grammar
Pronoun - A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid its repetition.Pronouns are of 8 different kinds:
Personal Pronouns - Pronouns that indicate person, thing, animal, place etc. are called personal pronouns.
Example. Gody wants to talk to you
The horse was moving its tail.
In English Grammar, there are three types of persons
(i)First Person, (ii)Second Person, (iii)Third person
First Person - The speaker is the first person. I, we, me, us, my, our, mine and ours are pronouns of the first person.
Second Person - The listener is the second person. You, your and yours are pronouns of the second person.
Third Person - About whom/which the speaker is saying something. He, she, it, they, him, her, them, his, its, their are pronouns of the third person.
| Persons | Subject | Object | Possessive | Reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Person | I | Me | My | Myself |
| We | Us | Our | Ourselves | |
| Second Person | You | You | Your | Yourself/Yourselves |
| Third Person | He | Him | His | Himself |
| She | Her | Her | Herself | |
| It | It | Its | Itself | |
| They | Them | Their | Themselves |
Subject - The Subject is a word, or a group of words, that denotes the person or thing about whom or which something is said. It must be a noun or a noun-equivalent, and may consist of any number of words.
Object - An object is the person, place, thing that receives the action.
Possessive - The possessive pronoun form is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people, animals etc.
Reflexive - Reflexive refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used.
Indefinite Pronouns - Pronouns that show an indefinite or an uncertain number of people, person, thing etc.
Example - All, none, some, any, much, more, one, many, other, someone, somebody, anybody, anyone etc.
Interrogative Pronouns - Pronouns that are used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns.
Example - Who, whom, whose, what, which, where, when, why, how, wherever etc.
Relative Pronouns - Pronouns that are used to join two sentences and reveal the noun that comes before it.
Example - I know the man who is a fighter.
I like the book that has a hologram.
Uses of some Relative Pronouns
(i)Who - For persons in the nominative case
(ii)Whom - For persons in the objective case
(iii)Whose - For persons in the possessive case
(iv)Which - For things
(v)That - For persons as well as things
(ii)Whom - For persons in the objective case
(iii)Whose - For persons in the possessive case
(iv)Which - For things
(v)That - For persons as well as things
Demonstrative Pronouns - Pronouns that are used to show or to indicate some nouns are called demonstrative pronouns
Example - This, that, these, those
Uses of some Demonstrative Pronouns
(i)This - For a single noun when it is near
(ii)That - For a single noun when it is far
(iii)These - For a plural noun when it is near
(iv)Those - For a plural noun when it is far
(ii)That - For a single noun when it is far
(iii)These - For a plural noun when it is near
(iv)Those - For a plural noun when it is far
Distributive Pronouns - Pronouns that are used to show the distribution of a noun are called distributive pronouns
Example - None, any, some, each, every, either, neither, no one, everyone, everybody, nobody etc.
Reciprocal Pronouns - Pronouns that are made up of two different pronouns and show a mutual relationship are called reciprocal pronouns.
Example - Akash and Seema love each other
Indians love one another
Reflexive Pronouns - Pronouns that show the effect of work upon the subject are calle reflexive pronouns
Example - We enjoyed ourselves
She praised herself
Emphatic Pronouns - When reflexive pronouns are used for the purpose of emphasizing it becomes an emphatic pronoun. It is either used after the subject or in the mid of the sentence.
Example - I myself will go
You yourself can make way
