What is a pronoun and how can you identify it?

Answer 1

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are used to simplify a sentence and help it flow more smoothly.

For example, you used two pronouns just to ask the question: you and it.

Without using the pronouns, your sentence would read, "What is a pronoun and how can a person identify a pronoun?"

You identify pronouns by learning them. This is not difficult because you use them regularly when you speak or write. (I have bolded all of the pronouns in my sentence).

Using the following list of pronouns, you can learn what they are and refer back to when you want to identify a pronoun. But just remember, some of the words on the list do other jobs as well, they are pronouns only when they take the place of a noun. For example, in the sentence, 'This book is mine.', the word 'this' is an adjective describing the noun 'book'. In the sentence, 'This is mine.', the word 'this' is taking the place of the noun 'book'.

The pronouns are:

personal pronouns; I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.

demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.

possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, their, its.

interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which, whose.

reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

intensive pronouns: reflexive pronouns used to emphasize.

reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.

relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that.

indefinite pronouns: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone, everything, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, none, one, other, others, several, some, somebody, someone, something, such, and they (people in general).

Use the link below to learn how to use each kind of pronoun.

Answer 2

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence, like "he," "she," or "it." You can identify a pronoun by looking for words that stand in for a person, place, thing, or idea previously mentioned in the text.