A pdf document describing the seven main types of pronouns (Personal Pronoun, Reflexive and Intensive, Reciprocal, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Interrogative, and Relative)

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Types of Pronouns
1. Personal
I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us, and them are all personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns stand in for the people (and perhaps animals) in our sentences.
2. Reflexive and Intensive
Intensive pronouns are used for emphasis
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.
Personal me you her him they us
Reflexive myself yourself herself himself themselves ourselves
Examples:
REF: Steve was angry at himself for letting her go.
INT: The queen herself greeted the guests.
3. Demonstrative
The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.
It tells us whether it is singular or plural and whether it is near or far
singular plural
near this these
far that those
4. Reciprocal
A reciprocal pronoun is used to express a mutual action or relationship. (one another/ each other)
Each other is used for mutual actions while each other is used for an action between 2 or more persons
Examples:
Jack and Jill hate each other.
They gave each other presents.
5. Indefinite
Refer to people or things without being specific.
It includes all, some, any, several, anyone, nobody, each, either, none, and no one
Examples:
Somebody must have seen the driver leave.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
6. Interrogative
The main interrogative pronouns are what, which, whose, whom, and who
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.
7. Relative
The relative pronouns are which, that, and who
Relative pronoun is used to start a relative clause
Examples:
The man who first saw the comet reported it as a UFO.
The dog that stole my dinner is wandering outside.