Pronouns

Lesson No. 01.C

Recognition

The pronoun is a word used "pro" that is for of a noun or for of several nouns





After studying this lesson you should be able to.

1. Replace a noun by a pronoun
2. Identify Different type of nouns

There are several type of pronouns in English language we learn one by one those nouns

1. Personal Pronouns

Read following two sentences

1. George saw the mobile on the jack's table
2. George left the mobile on the jack's table yesterday

when you read above two sentences that it would like odd but you can write those sentences as follow She

• She left it on the his table yesterday

He	George
It	Mobile
His table	Jack’s table

Now see how this sentence make using pronouns. How you will see that this is a better way saying the second sentence. this better way made possible by using Personal Pronouns.Personal pronouns have singular and plural forms in first person, second person & third person see the following table

Read the following sentences

1. I gave a ticket to sue and she paid me
2. Jon does home works, he is a student
3. The book was given yesterday by you it is a nice one
4. Jack and Sue will go out today they will be at cinema in even

     2. Possessive Pronouns

Personal Pronouns in possissive case are called as the possissive pronouns there are two categories

1st. Before a nouns and modifies it

See following examples and 

1. My mobile in the your bag
2. His pens are on jack's table
3. Its legs are too short
4. Our teachers are very concern about us

2nd. Pronouns that are used like nouns as the subject or objects

1. This notebook is mine
2. They have sold theirs

    3. Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns  are those that relate to some noun previously mentioned these are called as the relative pronouns

That, Which, What, Who, Whom, Whose, Where, Why,

See the following examples

1. The finance manager who is a careful man
2. They have not decided whom to choose for our new president applicant in this election
3. Jon is thinking what mobile should take
4. I have not decided what day to be go there

Now see the removing pronouns in above sentences then you can another sentences in same meaning

As an example see the first sentence

The Finance manager is a careful man . see there is no pronouns 'who'
Study the following sentences and see how and where the put pronouns in a sentence

• The Student Comes to our English class who is our president's son
• Mr Peter is a busy man who is director of many companies
• The this film's main actor stayed at a hotel in Colombo city  Which was a seven stars one 

     4. Interrogative Pronouns

All the 'Wh' questions forms are called as the interrogative pronouns there are sued to ask questions 

Who, Whom, Whose , What, Which, Where, When, Why and How

     5. Demonstrative Pronouns 

This, that, these, those such are categorize as demonstrative pronouns. these are used to point some special objectives 

1. This is my notebook
2. That is the sue's house
3. These are new sheets
4. Those are valuable vehicles 

    6. Indefinite pronouns 

Read the following paragraph

Someone came into the office. he wanted check everything. Somebody gave him something he asked anybody check everything daily. Nobody talking  

Above highlighted wards are called as Indefinite Pronouns. these are always used with a singular verb they don't point to a definite person or a thing 

    7. Reflexive Pronouns

These type of pronouns are prepared by adding 'self' to singular and 'selves' add to the plural of the possessive pronoun

See the following table and study it

End of the lessons