Pronouns

A pronouns is a small word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. When we use pronouns, we don't have to repeat the same noun every time we refer to it, and pronouns help sentences flow more smoothly and make them easier to say.

Examples:

Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help Mary and John paint Mary and John's house.

OR, using pronouns:

Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help them paint their house.

Sandy got a new puppy. Sandy's new puppy got Sandy's new puppy's paws in the mud and tracked Sandy's new puppy's muddy footprints all over Sandy's kitchen floor.

OR, using pronouns:

Sandy got a new puppy. Her new puppy got his paws in the mud and tracked his muddy footprints all over herkitchen floor.

The kinds of 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).

More example Sentences:

David reads the paper;he reads it every morning.

The pronoun 'he' replaces the noun 'David' and 'it' replaces 'paper'.

The boys didn't make the team and they were very sad.

The pronoun 'they' replaces the noun 'boys'.

Jane sent her mother yellow roses which are herfavorite flowers.

The relative pronoun 'which' replaces the noun 'roses' and the possessive adjective 'her' stands in for the possessive noun 'Jane's'.

A relative pronoun is a word used to introduce a relative clause, a type of subordinate (dependent) clause that 'relates' to the antecedent.

A relative clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb but is not a complete sentence. The relative clause provides information about its antecedent.

The relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that.

Examples:
The boy who called you was looking for the math assignment.
To whom should I address the note.
The man whose car was damaged was angry.
The ring which was my grandmother's was a graduation gift.
The car that I drive is old.

An interrogative pronoun is a word used to introduce a question.

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

The interrogative pronoun takes the place of the answer to the question.

EXAMPLES

What time does the movie start?

Who is the new math teacher?

To whom do I give the completed application?

Which do you like best?

The positive degree is the base form of the adjective or adverb (not the comparative or the superlative).

Example adjective:

good = positive degree

better = the comparative

best = the superlative

Example adverb:

much = positive degree

more = the comparative

most = the superlative