Parts of Speech

Pronouns
Sam An Teng
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What is Pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. For examples, Ratha is studying English. She wants to be a teacher. Ratha and her friends are hopeful. They are sitting in their first class.

Kinds of Pronouns
Pronouns may be classified as personal, intensive, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, interrogative, indefinite, and reciprocal. [1] Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns show person; that is, first person, the second person, or the third person. They are: Subjective pronouns: I, you, we, they, he, she, it Objective pronouns: me, you, us, them, him, her, it

Kinds of Pronouns
[2] Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronoun shows possession or ownership. Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, theirs, his, hers, its You may be confused with possessive adjectives below: Possessive adjectives: my, your, their, his, her, its

Kinds of Pronouns
[3] Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Intensive and reflexive pronouns have the same forms. They are: myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, and oneself. The intensive pronoun usually comes after the word it stands for and emphasizes that word; as, The president himself told the reporters. They themselves admitted their mistake. The reflexive pronoun points the action back toward the subject. She bought the dress for herself. She bought herself a new dress.

Kinds of Pronouns
[4] Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out particular persons, places, or things. They are: this, that , these, those This is my party. These are her pencils. That is Sophals shirt. Those are good apples. Those papers arc soiled.

Kinds of Pronouns
[5] Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns do not refer to any person or thing in particular. They are: another, each, neither, somebody, anybody, either, nobody, someone, anyone, everybody, no one, something, anything, everyone, one, both, few, many, several, all, any, some Somebody took the key to the storeroom. One hardly knows what to do. Nobody has his or her ticket.

Kinds of Pronouns
[6] Distributive Pronouns Distributive pronouns refer to persons or things one at a time. They are: each, either, and neither. Each of the men received a reward. Either of you can go. Neither of the accusations is true.

Kinds of Pronouns
[7] Interrogative Pronouns Interrogative pronouns introduce question sentences. They are who, whom, what, which, where, when, why Who is she? Whom did you meet? What is your name? Which is yours? Where did you go yesterday?

Kinds of Pronouns
[8] Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns are words that refer or relate to some noun going before, which is called its antecedents. They are: who, whom, that, which. She is the woman who interviewed me. She appointed the man whom I also know. It is a dog that won the prize last time. Tum Teav is a story which tells about a love tragedy.

Kinds of Pronouns
[9] Reciprocal Pronouns Reciprocal pronouns express a mutual relationship. They are: each other and one another. Peter and Mary kissed each other. The gangsters were fighting one another.

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[10] Impersonal pronouns Impersonal pronoun "it" doesn't refer to a definite reference or antecedent. It does not refer to a particular person or thing. It's alright. It seems hard to believe. It is going to be sunny tomorrow.

Functions of Pronouns
The pronoun may function as: subject, object of a verb, indirect object, object of a verbal, object of a preposition, subjective complement, and so forth. [1] Functioning as subject They are architects. Everything is not permanent. [2] Functioning as direct object She likes him so much. The army defeated them and captured the town.

Functions of Pronouns
[3] Functioning as indirect object The Manager offered him a new position. She made herself a cake. [4] Functioning as object of preposition It is not easy to deal with them. She was talking about herself.

Functions of Pronouns
[5] Functioning as subject complement The book is mine. The house is theirs. [6] Functioning as appositive You all student should study hard. He himself misunderstood my message.

Related Topics:
Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

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