Personal Pronouns I lost 20 pounds. Specific things or people are represented by personal pronouns. These pronouns are used based on: Number: singular (I) or plural (we) Person: 1st person (I), 2nd person (you) or 3rd person (he) Gender: male (he), female (she) or neuter (it) Case: … [Read more...]
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns My cake turned out great. Yours doesn't taste right. Possessive pronouns are used to refer to a specific person, people, thing, or things that belong to a person or group of people. Sometimes, a possessive pronoun can also refer to things that belong to other things or … [Read more...]
Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns Who wants to eat all of these cookies? Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. An interrogative pronoun represents what we are asking the question about. It represents the thing we do not know. This is expressed using one of the four main interrogative pronouns: … [Read more...]
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns Do something awesome right now. Indefinite pronouns never refer to anything specific. The term refers to something vague, rather than a specific thing, amount, or person. Here are some examples: somebody/someone, all, another, one, several, any, anybody/anyone, … [Read more...]
Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns Good things come to those who wait but the best things come to those who do. Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. A relative pronoun will always relate to a word that it modifies. Here is a short example: The girl who ran in the 5K is my best friend. In the … [Read more...]
Reflexive & Reciprocal Pronouns
Reflexive & Reciprocal Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive: reflecting back on the subject, like a mirror When we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence (or subject of a clause) we use a reflexive pronoun. Reflexive pronouns end in either 'self' in the singular, or 'selves' … [Read more...]
Demonstratives & Distributives Pronouns
Demonstratives & Distributive Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are used in place of nouns when the noun’s identity is obvious from the text. They let the reader know whether the noun is singular, plural, or whether it is close or far away from the … [Read more...]