Kinds of pronouns Flashcards

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________ are simple pronouns that are used to substitute proper names. Some examples of personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, we, they, him, her, he, she, us and them.

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Personal pronouns

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________ are pronouns that are used to point to specific objects. Some examples of ________ are this, that, these, and those.

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Demonstrative pronouns

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________ are pronouns that do not refer to any particular person, place or thing. Some examples of ________ are someone, somebody, somewhere, something, anyone, anybody, anywhere, anything,
no one, nobody, nowhere, everyone, everybody, everywhere, everything, each, none, few, and many.

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Indefinite pronouns

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________ are pronouns that are used to ask questions. Some examples of ________ are who, what, when, why and where.

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Interrogative pronoun

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________ are pronouns that are used to relate one part of the sentence to another. Some examples of ________ are that, which, where, when, why, what, whom and whose.

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Relative pronouns

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________ are pronouns that are used to refer back to the subject in the sentence. Some examples of ________ are myself, yourself, herself, himself, oneself, itself, ourselves, themselves and yourselves.

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Reflexive pronouns

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________ are the same as reflexive pronouns, with the only difference being that you can remove the intensive pronoun from the sentence, and the sentence would still make sense.

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Intensive pronoun

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