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Page 1: A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a noun phrase
Page 2: A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a noun phrase

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a noun phrase.

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PRONOUN

PERSONAL PRONOUN

POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

RELATIVE PRONOUN

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN

RECIPROCAL PRONOUN

INDEFINITE PRONOUN

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A personal pronoun refers to a person or thing. Example: Refering to person: I, we, he, she etc. Refering to thing: It.

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A possessive pronoun refers to a pronoun which is used to show ownership or possession.

Example:: My, our, your, his, her, their etcThis is my book.This book is mine.

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A reflexive pronoun refers to the form of a pronoun which is used when the direct or indirect object in a sentence refers to the same person or thing as the subject of the sentence.

Example: She hurt herself. He did the sum by himself.

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A relative pronoun refers to that pronoun which qualifies a noun or another pronoun used previously and at the same time joins two sentences.

Example: I know the trainee. He is gossiping in the class.

I know the trainee who is gossiping in the class (join two sentences).

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An interrogative pronoun refers to a pronoun used to ask anything.

Example :Who do you depend on?

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A demonstrative pronoun is a word referring in terms of whether it is near to or distant from the speaker.

Example: This, these, that etc.This is my pencil.

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A pronoun that refers to a mutual interaction between people or groups is called reciprocal pronoun.Example: They looked at one another.