Pronouns are used in place of a noun or
nouns.
These are of three kinds.
·
The person who speaks (I, My,
Me, Mine, We, Us, Ours, Our)
·
The person whom you are talking
to (You, Your, Yours)
·
The person who is being talked
about (He, She, Him, His, Her, Hers, It, Their, Theirs, They)
Examples:
·
They should go at his place.
·
Do you want me to come with
you?
·
What is her name?
In the first
sentence, two pronouns ‘they’ and ‘his’ are used
In the second
one, ‘you’ and ‘me’ are used.
In the third one,
‘her’ is used.
There are three
cases under personal pronouns:
Subjective Case
The subjective
pronoun is the subject of the sentence. It does the actions. They are she, he,
it, you, I, it, we
·
We went to Crafts Museum in
Delhi.
·
He and I love donuts.
Objective Case
The objective
pronoun is the object of the sentence. It receives the action of verbs. They
are her, him, it, me, them, us and you.
·
I asked them to join us for
dinner.
·
Do take me along with you.
In the first
example, ‘I’ is the subjective pronoun
and ‘us’ is the objective pronoun.
In the second
example, ‘me’ and ‘you’ are objective pronouns.
Possessive Case
Possessive
pronouns tell us who owns something. They are his, hers, mine, yours, theirs,
ours.
·
Is the book yours?
·
Yes they are mine.
Demonstrative pronouns
help identify nouns that are near or far with regard to distance and time. They
are these, those, that, this. It takes place of nouns.
‘These’ is used
to indicate things or ideas which are more than one. It is used when the things
are near to you.
‘Those’ is used
to indicate things or ideas which are more than one but are far from the
speaker.
‘This’ is used to
indicate a single thing or idea that is near to you.
‘That’ is also
used to indicate a single thing or idea but is from the speaker.
·
These are my books.
·
I want that one.
·
I want those days to come back!
·
This is my personal gym.
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