What is Pronoun and what types of Pronoun?

 

Pronoun: A Pronoun ia a word used instaed of a Noun. Example:

1. Hasan is a good boy.
2. He goes to school regularly.                                                                                                            

Here in the second sentence the word He is used instead of Hasan in the first sentence. So here He is a Pronoun.

Pronoun classified into 8 types:

1. Personal Pronoun
2. Demonstrative Pronoun
3. Relative Pronoun
4. Interrogative Pronoun
5. Distributive Pronoun
6. Indefinit Pronoun
7. Reflexive Pronoun
8. Reciprocal Pronoun

1. Personal Pronoun: A Pronouns that are used instead of a person are called Personal Pronoun. Example: I, we, me, us, you, your, he, she, him, her, they , them etc.

Personal Pronoun classified into 3 types:

1. First Person: He is a fast person who speaks. Example: I, we, my, mine, our, ours, me, us etc.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	I	We
Objective	Me	Us
Possessive	My, Mine	Our, Ours

1. Second Person: The person addressed is second person. Example: Thou, you, they, your, yours etc.

   Case	Singular	Plural
   Nominative	Thou, Your	You
   Objective	They, You	You
   Possessive	Your, Yours	Your, Yours

1. Third Person: The one about whom something is said is the third person. Example: He, she, it, they, her, their, him, them etc.

2. Case	Singular	Plural
   Nominative	He, She, It	They
   Objective	Him, Her, It	Them
   Possessive	His, Her, Hers, Its	Their

   
   

Note: Pronouns used instead of nouns are Number, Gender, and Person. Example: 

1. The girl lost her book. (not his)
2. She is poetess. (not poet)

Remember, When First Person, Second Person and Third Person are used in the same sentence, Second Person comes first, then Third Person and finally First Person. It is called 231 for short. 2= Second Person. 3= Third Person. 1= First Person.

2. Demonstrative Pronoun: Pronoun that refer to a person or thing instead of a person or thing are called demonstrative prostrations. Example: This, these, that, those etc.

Use of This and That as Pronouns:

(a) This and These refer to near person or thing and That and Those to distant person or              thing. The plural of This is These and the plural of That is Those. Example:

1. This is my pen.
2. These are my books.
3. That is your toy.
4. Those are your pencils.

(b) 'That' and 'Those' are used to avoid repetition of a previous noun when comparing                   similar nouns in a sentence. If the preceding Noun is singular, That of is used instead             and Those of is used instead if it is plural. Example:

1. Incorrect: The brinjal of Gafargaon is better than the brinjal of Comilla.
2. Correct: The brinjal of Gafargaon is better than that of Comilla.
3. Incorrect: The mangoes of Rajshahi are better than the mangoes of  Rngpur.
4. Correct: The mangoes of Rajshahi are better Those of  Rngpur.

3. Interrogative Pronoun: Pronouns that ask questions are called Interrogative Pronouns. Example: What, Who, Which etc.

Uses of Interrogative Pronoun:

1. Who: Who Pronoun is only used for Singular and Plural number indefinitely. Example: Who is Knocking door? Who are they?
2. What: The Pronoun What is used instead of the object con and to refer to a person's occupation. Example: What do you want? What is your father?
3. Which: The Pronoun Which stands for both person and object and is used in Singular and Plural numbers. Example: Which is his sister? Which of the book do you like?
4. Whom: The objective form of 'Who' is 'Whom' and is used only for persons. Example: Whom do you want? Whom did you see?
5. Whose: The processive form of Who is Whose. The Whose Pronoun usually asks questions about the person's rights. Example: Whose are this? Whose in this house?

4. Relative Pronoun: Those Pronouns that refer to the previously mentioned Noun or Pronoun, and at the same time connect two Cluse, that is called Relative Pronoun. Example:

1. This is the pencil which I wanted. 
2. This is the book that you like to read.

5. Indefinit Pronoun: Pronouns which refer to a person or thing without specifying that person or thing are called Indefinit Pronoun. Example: One, all, any, some, another, none, few, other, anybody, nobody, everything, everybody, both etc.

6. Distributive Pronoun: Pronouns that refer to two or more persons or things individually are called Distributive Pronouns. Example: Each, Every, Either, Neither etc.

7. Reflexive Pronoun: When Subject and Object refer to the same person, then the pronouns formed by adding Self or Selves to the pronoun are called Reflexive Pronoun. Example: Myself, yourself, himself, herself, themselves, ourselves, itself etc.

8. Reciprocal Pronoun: Pronouns that establish a relationship between two or more persons are called Reciprocal. Example: 

1. The two boys help each other.
2. They love one another.

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