Pronouns

Pronouns

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Pronouns are words we use instead of repeating a name or thing.

To be more precise, pronouns replace words that are nouns, such as dog, John, Mary, house, etc. If you forgot what a noun is, go back and review the last lesson.

Let’s look at the most common pronouns in English: the personal pronouns!

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun is a word that takes the place of a person or thing in a sentence. It shows who is doing the action or who the sentence is about.

• I – Used when talking about yourself.
  Example: “I like pizza.”
• You – Used when talking about someone else.
  Example: “You are my friend.”
  You can also be used for more than one person.
  Example: “Are you brothers?”
  To know if ‘you’ means one person (singular) or more than one (plural), look at the context — the rest of the sentence will help you.
• He – Used for a boy or man.
  Example: “He is my brother.”
• She – Used for a girl or woman.
  Example: “She is my sister.”
• It – Used for things, animals, or ideas.
  Example: “It is my book.”
  (You can also use it for animals if you don’t know the gender, like “It is a cat.”)
• We – Used when talking about yourself and others.
  Example: “We are friends.”
• They – Used for a group of people, animals, or things.
  Example: “They are in the park.”

Here is a video summarizing this information.

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There are other kinds of pronouns that you will need to use in the future. Here are some of them:

Demonstrative Pronouns

These pronouns are used to point to specific things or people. They help you show which one you’re talking about.

Here are the main Demonstrative Pronouns:

• This – Used for one thing close to you.
  Example: “This is my book.”
• That – Used for one thing far from you.
  Example: “That is her dog.”
• These – Used for more than one thing close to you.
  Example: “These are my shoes.”
• Those – Used for more than one thing far from you.
  Example: “Those are their bikes.”

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Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns show ownership. They tell us who owns something.

• Mine – Something that belongs to me.
  Example: “This pencil is mine.”
• Yours – Something that belongs to you.
  Example: “Is this book yours?”
• His – Something that belongs to him.
  Example: “This is his phone.”
• Hers – Something that belongs to her.
  Example: “This is hers.”
• Ours – Something that belongs to us.
  Example: “This house is ours.”
• Theirs – Something that belongs to them.
  Example: “These shoes are theirs.”

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Interrogative Pronouns

These pronouns are used to ask questions. They help you find out information about people, things, and places.

Here are the most useful ones:

• Who – Used when asking about people.
  Example: “Who is your best friend?”
• What – Used when asking about things or information.
  Example: “What is your favorite color?”
• Which – Used when asking to choose between two or more things.
  Example: “Which book do you like?”
• Whose – Used to ask who owns something.
  Example: “Whose pencil is this?”

Practice Zone

Practice replacing the nouns with pronouns:

Here’s another activity for you to practice pronouns:

Click here to access the second “Pronouns” activity