Pronouns and Types

Prepared by: Chong Li Min

Yok Wei Liang
 A word that replaces nouns
and it refers to something which
has been mentioned earlier.
 Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns Types of
Forms Funtions
Pronouns
refer to the speaker or First-
writer. Person
Pronoun

Singular I subject

me object

Plural we subject

us object
Types of Pronouns Forms Functions

Second-Person
Pronoun
Singular you subject
you object
Plural you subject
you object
Third-Person Pronoun
Singular he, she, it subject
him, her, it object
Plural they subject
them object
 Personal Subject Pronouns
A personal pronoun refers to a specific
person or thing and changes its form to
indicate person, number, gender and
case.
Examples: Siti likes shopping and she
always buys things for herself
and her family.
 Personal Object Pronouns
A personal object pronoun indicates that
the pronoun is acting as an object of a
verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.
Examples:
1. Ali sends his son to school and ask him to
wait for his mother to fetch him later.
2. She danced happily with him around.
3. It is good to see them happy.
Reflexive/ Intensive and Reciprocal
Pronouns
The word 'reflexive' Singular Plural

refers to reflection to the myself ourselves

subject of the sentence. himself yourselves
Reflexive pronouns herself themselves
completes the
expression. Reciproal pronouns
show a mutual
Ex: Lily cooks the relationship between two
chicken herself. or more people.
Intensive pronoun Ex: each other
emphasizes the subject. one another
Ex:Angelina, herself, is a
good cook.
 Demonstrative Pronouns
The word This
'demonstrative'
'This' refers to a person
suggests that it points close in space.
out a specific person,
Those
place or thing.
Examples: This, That, 'Those' refers to places farther in
These, Those space and in plural form.

These That

'These' refers to objects close 'That' refers to a situation

farther in time.
in space and in plural form.
 Relative Pronouns
Relative pronouns can be used to describe
the person or thing you are talking about.
This pronoun is normally used in complex
sentences where they relate independent
clauses to dependent clauses.
that which who whom whose

This is the girl whom I dislike.

My husband, whose car was stolen last night,
is very upset about the incident.
 The house that is near the tree is mine.
My house which is situated in Skudai is my
dream home.
The pretty girl who is sitting on the chair is my
sister.
 Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns are use to form
questions which require nouns as answer.
what What is your name?

which Which dress do you like most?

who Who is your sister?

whom Whom do you want to speak to?

whose Whose car was stolen last night?

where Where are you going?

 Possessive Pronouns
The function of possessive pronouns is to
replace a noun and shows possession or
ownership.
There are two types of possesive pronouns:
Singular: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its
Plural: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs
Mine is the last house on the second First-person, Singular possessive
block.

Yours is the one near the Second-person, singular possessive

tree.
Theirs are right in front of mine. Third-person, plural possessive
 Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to
nonspecific people, places or things. Below is
a list of indefinite pronouns.

Another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either,

Singular everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither,
nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody,
someone, something

Plural Both, few, many, others, several

Singular or All, any, enough, half, more, most, none,

Plural some
 Examples of indefinite pronoun
Everyone is coming to the wedding.
No one is here.
A few girls are crying in the class.
There are a lot of books; some have been
taken.
All of the seats movie have been fully booked.
Half of the committee members are not
attending the meeting.