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3 3 Pronouns

Warm-up

Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns.
1. ____________________ is a beautiful painting.

2. I ____________________ took this decision.
3. The bottle is ____________________.

4. ____________________ can happen.
5. This is the house ____________________ my parents built.
6. __________________ do you want to meet?

The words used in place of nouns are called pronouns.

Kinds of Pronouns

There are different kinds of pronouns:

1. Indefinite 2. Personal 3. Reflexive

4. Intensive/Emphatic 5. Demonstrative 6. Possessive

7. Relative 8. Interrogative 9. Reciprocal

The pronouns that refer to one or more unspecified objects, beings or places are called the
indefinite pronouns. They are always singular, and the verb referring to them is also singular.

For example: anyone, something, each, everyone, etc.
The pronouns associated with a person, thing or group are called the personal pronouns.

All personal pronouns, except you, have distinct forms that indicate singular or plural numbers.
For example: I, you, he, she, it are used as subjects.

Me, us, him, her, them are used as objects.

The pronouns preceded by an adverb, adjective, pronoun or noun to which they refer are called
the reflexive pronouns. They end in -self or -selves.

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