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Person explained
Types of personal pronouns
When to use the types of pronouns
Other pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns indicate who or what is doing an action or being referred to. Pronouns in English are determined by Person, Plurality, and function.
Person
Person refers to who or what is speaking.
The first person is the first person from your perspective, which would be your own self.
The second person is the person in which the first person is directing their speech, usually using 'you' to address them.
The third person is a person or object that is being indirectly referred to.
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Here are the types of person using subject pronouns as examples.
Subject pronouns refer to the person doing the action.
For example. I am, you study, they play etc.
Person continued
Here are the types of person using subject pronouns as examples.
Subject pronouns refer to the person doing the action.
For example. I am, you study, they play etc.
Personal Pronoun Types
When we use pronouns they change depending on the function. Here are all the names for the types of pronouns.
Which one?
Here are some example sentences that you can fill with the different pronoun types.
Here is the example filled with the first person singular pronoun:
I like chocolate
He bought chocolate for me
(He bought me chocolate)
That is my chocolate
That chocolate is mine
I made that chocolate by myself.
Aside from personal pronouns there are other types:
Demonstrative, Relative, Indefinite, Reciprocal and 'One'.
Here is a quick explanation, there are more explanations and examples on
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns
Other pronouns
Demonstratives are words that replace nouns and are dependent on location and plurality.
Demonstratives
Demonstratives
Demonstratives
Just like possessive pronouns and adjectives, demonstratives can either be a pronoun or an adjective.
It depends if the demonstrative is used with a noun or a verb.
When used with a noun it is a pronoun, and when used with a verb it is an adjective.
This makes sense if we remember that adjectives describe nouns.
Fast Car - Adjective + Noun
That Car - Demonstrative Adjective + Noun
My Car - Possessive Adjective + Noun
Reciprocal Pronouns
This is to avoid having to repeat the same action with different subjects.
Relative Pronouns
These are pronouns that allow us to relate something with what it belongs to.
How to use them:
My dad, who is a farmer.
He gave it to whom?
My dad, whose cows are brown.
My car, which I bought online
I can't choose which
My car, whose seats are leather
The cat that went to the museum
I can't give it to that!
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are used when we don't know who or how many of something or someone completed an action.
Somebody spilled their drink!
Does anyone know the answer?
I'm doing nothing right now.
He told everyone!
One or Ones
As above we can add 'one' to any, every, no and some to describe indefinite quantities of 'things'.
We can use 'one' or 'ones' to not repeat a noun.
Instead of saying:
There are two bins, a bin for recycling and a bin for rubbish, we can use 'one' to not have to say 'a bin' each time.
We can also use 'ones' if the item is plural
