Mention and explain kinds of pronoun, give examples for each kind!

Assignment

1.      Mention and explain kinds of pronoun, give examples for each kind!

Answer:

A. Personal Pronouns

These are pronouns that refer mostly to human beings. However, the word 'it' does not refer to human beings, but is a Personal Pronoun. So, we have a more grammatical way of defining Personal Pronouns so that we can include the hapless it in the Personal Pronoun family. A Personal Pronoun is a pronoun which belongs to any of the three grammatical persons. The list of pronouns which belong to this group are: I, we, you, he, she, it, and they.

The personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, they, and who. More often than not (but not exclusively), they replace nouns representing people. When most people think of pronouns, it is the personal pronouns that usually spring to mind.

Examples :

-          Is this mine or yours?

-          We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

B. Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns are used to show or identify one or a number of nouns that may be far or near in distance or time. They are only four in number - This, That, These and Those. This and That are singular demonstrative pronouns and These and Those are plural demonstrative pronouns. They can also be used to show an unspecified quantity in a sentence.

That is a beautiful house. - That is a demonstrative pronoun that is referring to a specific noun (house). This is a singular pronoun as it is referring to only one house.

These were made by me. - These is showing an unspecified quantity of something that was made by a person. This is a plural demonstrative pronoun as it’s referring to a number of objects.

Everyone remembers those days. - Those is showing a particular time or period of days in the past; it is being used in place of a noun that could be - school, summer, college, etc. Here also those is a plural demonstrative pronoun as it’s indicating a number of days.

This is what he is charging? - This is used as pronoun in place of a number and it is also acting as a quantifier by referring not only to the noun but to the amount/number of the noun as well. This is a singular demonstrative pronoun.

Examples :

-          She gave me this gift. (this - Demonstrative Adjective)

-          Those are totally awesome.

-          These are my children.

C. Indefinite Pronouns

Unlike demonstrative pronouns, which point out specific items, indefinite pronouns are used for non-specific things. This is the largest group of pronouns. All, some, any, several, anyone, nobody, each, both, few, either, none, one and no one are the most common.

When we say, "Somebody stole my watch," we don't know to whom the word somebody refers to. The word somebody is an Indefinite Pronoun.

            Examples :

-          Nobody was answering when I called them last.

-          We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

D. Distributive Pronouns                          

These pronouns refer to individual elements in a group or a pair, one individual at a time.

Examples :

-          each - "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

-          any - You may bring any of your friends.

E. Reciprocal Pronouns

      These pronouns are found in pairs. They are really a subject-object pair compressed. We'll find this if we expand the sentence in which they are present, as in the first example below. Reciprocal pronouns are used for actions or feelings that are reciprocated. The two most common reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another.

      Examples :

-          They talk to each other like they're babies.

-          Good people help one another to succeed.

F. Relative Pronous

      Relative Pronouns are used to join or relate two different clauses together by referring to the noun in the previous clause using the pronouns - Who, Whom, Whose, Which and That.

      Examples :

-          Dr Adam Sissons, who lectured at Cambridge for more than 12 years, should have known the difference.

-          This is the day that we have waited for so long

G. Interrogative pronouns

These pronouns are used in questions. Although they are classified as pronouns, it is not easy to see how they replace nouns. Who, which, what, where and how are all interrogative pronouns.

Examples :

-          Which dog won the race?

-          Whose is this wallet?

H. Possesive Pronouns

      They are sort of pronouns in that they refer to an understood noun, showing possession by that noun of something. They are technically adjectives, though, because they modify a noun that follows them. Possessive pronouns are used to show possession. As they are used as adjectives, they are also known as possessive adjectives. My, your, his, her, its, our and their are all possessive pronouns..

      Examples :

-          I gambled it all away on your race horse.

-          Have you seen her book?

I. Reflexsive Pronouns

      The reflexive pronouns aremyself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. These words can be either reflexive pronouns or emphatic pronouns.This page is about their use as reflexive pronouns. A reflexive pronoun is used with another noun (or pronoun) when something does something to itself.

      Examples :

-          Brian pinched himself.

-          The members argued amongst themselves for an hour.

2.      There are 3 types of question word! Explain those 3 types along with their examples!

1.      Yes / No Question

The first thing to remember is that there are two main kinds, 'yes / no' and 'wh'. To form yes/no questions where there is an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, we invert the word order of a positive sentence.

Examples :

-          Do you eat fish? No I don’t

-          Have they got a car? Yes they have.

2. Word Question

Sometimes we want more than yes or no for an answer. When asking for information, we usually place a question-word at the beginning of the sentence. The question-word indicates the information that we want, like : where (place), when (time), why (reason), who (person).

           

Examples :

-          Where is the hotel?

-          Who has just arrived?

3. Choice  questions

Sometimes we give our listener a choice. We ask them to choose between two possible answers. So their answer is (usually) already in the question.

           

            Examples :

-          Do you want tea or coffe ? Coffe Please

-          Is your car white or black ? Black