Pronouns~

Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun.

Personal Pronouns

Noun, etc	Pronoun (subject)	Pronoun (object or after a preposition)
John, that man Siti, the lady The cow, The meeting	I You He She It	Me You Him Her It
John and I The men The enemies You and John	We They You	Us Them You

1)   A personal pronoun can be used as the subject of a verb.

Eg: He scored a goal.

2)   It is also used as the object of a verb.

Eg: She recognized him at once.

3)   We use the objective form of the pronoun after a preposition.

Eg: I laughed at her.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Adjective & noun	Possessive Pronoun
This is my room. This is your pen. It is his ring. It is her flask. That is our car. That is their camera.	This is mine. This is yours. It is his. It is hers. That is ours. That is theirs.

1)   We use a possessive pronoun to replace an adjective and a noun.

Eg: Those are my shoes. They are mine.

2)   Note that no apostrophe is used in ‘his’, ‘hers’, ‘yours’, or ‘theirs’.

Eg: Those comics are ours.

Reflexive Pronouns

Personal Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
I You (singular) He She It We You (plural) They	Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself Ourselves Yourselves themselves

1)   We use reflexive pronoun as the direct object of a verb.

Eg: He taught himself how to swim.

2)   The reflexive pronoun can also be used as the indirect object of a verb, or after a preposition.

Eg: He cut a slice of cake for himself.

3)   When we use reflexive pronouns to emphasize the importance of a noun or a pronoun, we call them emphatic pronouns.

Eg: You yourself should know what to do.