Pronouns and its kinds

Pronouns are used in place of a noun or nouns. 

Personal pronouns 

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

 

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.

LEARNING GRAMMAR FREE

Grammar is the systematic structure of any Language and thus called as its foundation. It is impossible to speak any Language without learning its grammar.  Though profound knowledge is not required but the basic concepts should be clear for fluency. In English grammar, if the parts of Speech are clear then one can speak fluently.

The parts of speech consist of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions and Interjections. 

The nouns are the naming words like the name of a person, place or a thing while the pronouns are the words which replace nouns like he, she, it, you, we and they.  The verbs are the action words and tell what a noun and pronoun do. For example walk, talk, look, eat, sleep etc.

Prepositions are the words which establish the relation of a noun & pronoun with other words to make a meaningful sentence. The prepositions can be categorised according to their usage, like place, time, and direction. Most common prepositions often used are at, in, on. They can be used to talk about time as well as for place. For example: I will see you on Sunday (“on” as time preposition). The book is on the table. (“On” as place preposition).

The adverbs are the words which modify a verb and conjunction functions as a connector for more than one sentence and the interjection shows the emotions & sentiments of speaker.

Thus in nutshell grammar is the mechanism to combine words to make meaningful sentences.