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Grade 6 | English | Pronoun, Noun, Pronoun and Adjectives, Olympiad, CBSE, ICSE, Maths Olympiad, Science Olympiad, English Olympiad
A pronoun is used as a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase. It is used to avoid repetitions of nouns in the sentence.
Example:
I saw Parul, Parul was wearing a blue gown.
Instead, we say – I saw Parul, she was wearing a blue gown.
Pronouns are the only words in English which have different forms when used as the subject and as the object.
Subject Form | Object Form |
I | Me |
He | His/ Him |
She | Her |
We | Us/ ours |
You | Your/ yours |
They | Theirs |
Types of Pronouns:
Following is the table describing the types of pronouns.
Types of Pronouns | Subject Pronouns | Object Pronouns | Possessive Adjectives | Possessive Pronouns | Reflexive Pronouns | Interrogative Pronouns | Demonstrative Pronouns | Indefinite Pronouns |
Person Related | ||||||||
1st Person | I | Me | My | Mine | Myself | Who | This | Anyone |
2nd Person | You | You | Your | Yours | yourself | Which | That | - |
3rd Person (Male) | He | Him | His | His | Himself | What | Those | - |
3rd Person (Female) | She | Her | Her | Hers | Herself | Where | These | - |
3rd Person, animal or things. | It | It | Its | (Not used) | Itself | How | - | - |
1st Person (Plural) | We | Us | Our | Ours | Ourselves | Whom | - | - |
2nd Person (Plural) | You | You | Your | Yours | yourselves | - | - | - |
3rd Person (Plural) | They | Them | Their | Theirs | Themselves | - | - | - |
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