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Pronouns
Definition:
Nouns can be replaced by pronouns.
It can be someone, something, any animals, etc...
Nouns
Nouns refer to persons, animals, places, things, ideas, or events, etc. Nouns encompass most of the words of a language.
Noun can be a/an -
Person – a name for a person: - Max, Julie, Catherine, Michel, Bob, etc. Animal – a name for an animal: - dog, cat, cow, kangaroo, etc.
Place – a name for a place: - London, Australia, Canada, Mumbai, etc. Thing – a name for a thing: - ball, chair, door, house, computer, etc.
Idea – A name for an idea: - devotion, superstition, happiness, excitement, etc.
Type of Pronouns
1. Personal Pronouns
2. Possessive Pronouns
3. Relative Pronouns
4. Reflexive Pronouns
5. Intensive Pronouns
6. Indefinite Pronouns
7. Demonstrative Pronouns
8. Interrogative Pronouns
1. Personal Pronouns: take the place of people or things
eg: I, you, he, she, we, it, they, me
2. Possessive Pronouns: personal pronouns that indicates the possession of something/owner of something
eg: my, your, his, her, (mine, yours, theirs- stand alone and not followed by a noun)
3. Relative Pronouns: use to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun [to add more information]
eg: who, whom, which, that
4. Reflexive Pronouns: when a subject perform an action on itself, the sentence use reflexive pronouns after the verb
eg: myself, himself, herself, themselves
5. Intensive Pronouns: similar to reflexive pronouns but have different function in a sentence (only to add emphasis)
eg: yourself, myself [I told Ain that you yourself will bake the cake]
6. Indefinite Pronouns: refer to people or things but they don't have a specific person or thing as a reference.
eg: some, anyone, everything
7. Demonstrative Pronouns: point out a person or thing
eg: this, that, these, those
8. Interrogative Pronouns: pronouns to ask questions
eg: who, whom, whose, what, which
Personal Pronouns
They are used for names of person, animal and things.
Example; I, you, he, she, we, they, me, you, us, them etc.
Impersonal pronouns
They are used for non living things, used when we don't want to specify the gender of an animal, when referring to a child but we don't want to specify the gender.
For example; The child is sick - It is sick.
¿Cual de las siguientes imágenes representa el Personal Pronoun "They"
¿Cual de las siguientes imágenes representa al personal pronoun "I".
It se usa para
Cosas - objetos
Personas
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