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Personal pronouns may be:
subjective when a pronoun refers to the subject in a sentence.
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objective when a pronoun refers to the object in a sentence.
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For example: I invited them.

In the above sentence, I is the subjective pronoun and them is the objective pronoun.
Reflexive pronouns are preceded by an adverb, adjective, pronoun or noun to which they
refer. They end in -self or -selves. For example:

No one came to help, so Robin built the boat himself.
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Intensive/Emphatic pronouns are similar to reflexive pronouns, but their usage doesn’t
affect the meaning of a sentence. For example:
The king himself came down to offer alms.
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Demonstrative pronouns point to something specific. They can be singular or plural. This
(singular) and these (plural) are used for things nearby, and that (singular) and those
(plural) are used for things at a distance. For example:
This is a nice pair of shoes.
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Those are beautiful flowers
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Possessive pronouns show possession or ownership. They replace the noun in a sentence
and avoid repetition. They do not have an apostrophe.

Persons Possessive Pronoun

First person mine (singular), ours (plural)

Second person yours (singular), yours (plural)

Third person his, hers (singular), theirs (plural)

Relative pronouns refer to nouns mentioned previously in a sentence. At times, they
introduce an adjective clause. The most common relative pronouns are which, that, whose,
whoever, whomever, who, and whom. Though not always, but at times, why, when, and
where also function as relative pronouns. For example:

The tree which had stood there for a hundred years was cut down.
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Interrogative pronouns introduce a question. What, which, who, whom, and whose are
interrogative pronouns. For example:

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Pronouns pronouns: each other and one another. For example:
Reciprocal pronouns express mutual actions or relationships. There are only two reciprocal

Shweta and Julie usually help each other clean their rooms.
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Practice Time

A. Underline the pronouns in these sentences and state their kind.
1. Everything happens for a reason. _______________

2. She slipped while running down the stairs. _______________
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