(Personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, reflexive,
Intensive, interrogative, possessive, subject and object)
Personal Pronouns
These take the place of common and proper nouns.
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Singular
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Plural
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First Person: The person or people speaking or writing
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I
me |
we
us |
Second Person: The person or people being spoken or written to
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you
|
you
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Third Person: The person, people, or things being spoken or written
about
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she, her
he, him it |
they
them |
Relative Pronouns
These relate subordinate adjective clauses to the rest of
the sentence.
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that, which, who, whom, whose,
whichever, whoever, whomever
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Demonstrative Pronouns
These represent a thing or things.
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Singular
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Plural
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Refers to things that are nearby
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this
|
these
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Refers to things that are far away
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that
|
those
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Indefinite Pronouns
These refer to something that is
unspecified.
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Singular
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anybody, anyone, anything, each,
either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing,
one, somebody, someone, something
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Plural
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both, few, many, several
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Singular or Plural
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all, any, most, none, some
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Reflexive Pronouns
These end in self or selves.
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Singular
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Plural
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First Person: The person or people speaking or writing
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myself
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ourselves
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Second Person: The person or people being spoken or written to
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yourself
|
yourselves
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Third Person: The person, people, or things being spoken or written
about
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himself, herself, itself
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themselves
|
Interrogative Pronouns
These are used to ask questions.
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what, who, which, whom, whose
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Possessive Pronouns
These are used to show ownership.
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Singular
|
Plural
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Used Before Nouns These actually functions as adjectives. Crazy!
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my
your his, her, its |
our
your their |
Used Alone
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mine
yours his, hers |
ours
yours theirs |
Subject and Object Pronouns
These are used as either the subject
or the object in a sentence.
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Singular
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Plural
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Subjects tell us whom or what the sentence is about.
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I
you she, he, it |
we
you they |
Objects: direct objects, indirect objects, objects of
prepositions
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me
you her, him, it |
us
you them |
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