Meeting 3

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.

Personal Pronouns

Subject Pronoun

A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence.

She is my best friend.
It is my cat.
Does he know the answer?
You and I will meet later.

Object Pronoun

An object pronoun is used as the direct/indirect object or the object of a preposition.

Give the book to me.
I will tell you a story.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used to talk about things that belong to people. The words mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are possessive pronouns.

This book is mine.
Have you lost yours, Ahmad?

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used for pointing out things. The words this, that, these and those are demonstrative pronouns.

This is my desk.
That is my friend’s house.
These are sheep but those are goats.
Those are horses.

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are words that refer to the noun or pronoun that is the subject of the verb. The words myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves are reflexive pronouns.

My brother built this computer himself
Fatih was looking at himself in the mirror

Indefinite Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun does not refer directly to any other word. Most indefinite pronouns express he idea of quantity.

Everybody is welcome at the meeting.
Many prefer their coffee with sugar.

Interrogative pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence.

Who are those people?
Whose pen is this?
Whose are these shoes?
What is your brother’s name?
What does Ahmad want?
What is the date today?

Relative pronouns

A relative pronoun links and introduces a relative clause to another part of a sentence. They relate back to something or someone else.

Fatimah, who loves to read, picked out her book.
The teacher chose someone whom she thought was responsible.
Rifki did all the homework that his teacher assigned to him.
The homework, which was hard, took two hours to complete.

Reciprocal Pronouns

It expresses a relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject.

Two boys fought with each other.

Each other is reciprocal pronoun.

The members of the family love one another.

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