KIND OF PRONOUN Personal Pronoun: refer to specific persons or things. They always function as noun equivalent. Singular : I, me, you, she, her, he, him, it Plural : we, us, you, they, them Possessive Pronoun: indicate ownership Singular : my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its. Plural : our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs. Some of them function as adjectives modifying nouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns: Intensive Pronoun: emphasize a noun or another pronoun. Reflexive Pronouns: name a receiver of an action identical with the doer of the action. Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself. Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves. Relative Pronouns: introduce subordinate clauses functioning as adjectives. In addition to introducing a clause, the relative pronoun, in this case who, points back to a noun or pronoun that the clause modifies. Who, whom, which, that. Interrogative Pronouns: introduce questions. Who, whom, which, that. Demonstrative Pronouns: identify or points to nouns. Frequently they function as adjectives, but they also functions as noun equivalent. This, that, these, those. Indefinite Pronouns: refer to nonspesific persons or things. Most are singular, some are plural. The most function is as noun equivalent, but also some can also function as noun adjective. All, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, several, somebody, someone, something. Reciprocal Pronouns: refer to individual parts of a plural antecedent. Each other, one other.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:08:27 +0000
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