Pronouns – Simple Grammar Lesson

Definition

A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun.

Example:
Rama is my friend. He is kind.
(Here, he is used instead of Rama.)

Types of Pronouns

There are several types of pronouns. Let us learn them one by one.

1. Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns refer to persons or things.

First Person

(Used for the speaker)

  • Singular: I, my, mine, me

  • Plural: we, our, ours, us

Second Person

(Used for the person spoken to)

  • Singular / Plural: you, your, yours, you

Third Person

(Used for the person or thing spoken about)

  • Singular (Masculine): he, his, him

  • Singular (Feminine): she, her, hers

  • Singular (Neuter): it, its, it

  • Plural (All genders): they, their, theirs, them

2. Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns join two sentences and refer to a noun mentioned earlier.
They function as subject, object, or possessive within a clause.

Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, that

3. Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.

Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, what

4. Indefinite Pronouns

These pronouns refer to people or things in a general or indefinite way.

Examples:
someone, anybody, everyone, everything, none, each

5. Reflexive (Self) Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object are the same person.

Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

6. Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns point to specific persons or things.

Examples:
this, that, these, those

7. Distributive Pronouns

Distributive pronouns refer to members of a group one at a time, not as a whole.

Examples:
each, either, neither, any, none, everyone

8. Emphatic Pronouns

Emphatic pronouns are used only for emphasis or to add strength to a statement.

Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Example Sentence:
I myself completed the work.

9. Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns are used when two or more people do the same action to each other.

Examples:
each other, one another

10. Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns show ownership or possession.

Examples:
mine, his, hers, yours, ours, theirs

11. Exclamatory Pronouns

Exclamatory pronouns are used to express emotion, surprise, or wonder.

Example:
What! You forgot the keys again?

Conclusion

Pronouns help us avoid repetition and make our sentences clear, smooth, and meaningful.
Learning their types improves both spoken and written English.

PRONOUNS – WORKSHEET

A. Fill in the blanks

(Choose the correct pronoun)

  1. Ramesh is my friend. ___ is very kind.

  2. This book is mine. That book is ___.

  3. The cat hurt ___.

  4. Sita and Gita helped ___ with the work.

  5. ___ of the boys was absent today.

B. Choose the correct option (MCQs)

  1. Which of the following is a personal pronoun?
    a) this
    b) someone
    c) he
    d) which

  2. “Who is your teacher?”
    The pronoun who is a:
    a) demonstrative pronoun
    b) interrogative pronoun
    c) reflexive pronoun
    d) possessive pronoun

  3. “These are my shoes.”
    The pronoun these is a:
    a) relative pronoun
    b) distributive pronoun
    c) demonstrative pronoun
    d) reciprocal pronoun

  4. “They helped each other.”
    Each other is a:
    a) emphatic pronoun
    b) reciprocal pronoun
    c) indefinite pronoun
    d) relative pronoun

  5. Which one is a possessive pronoun?
    a) her
    b) his
    c) hers
    d) him

C. Match the following

Column AColumn B
11. myselfa) demonstrative pronoun
12. whob) reflexive pronoun
13. thisc) relative pronoun
14. someoned) indefinite pronoun

D. Underline the pronouns

  1. She bought a new dress for herself.

  2. Those are the books which I lost.

E. Write one example sentence

  1. Write a sentence using a reflexive pronoun.

  2. Write a sentence using a demonstrative pronoun.

✅ ANSWER KEY

A.

  1. He

  2. yours

  3. itself

  4. themselves

  5. Each

B.
6. c) he
7. b) interrogative pronoun
8. c) demonstrative pronoun
9. b) reciprocal pronoun
10. c) hers

C.
11 – b
12 – c
13 – a
14 – d

D.
15. She, herself
16. Those, which

E.
(Students’ own answers)

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