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ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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DATE: Week 2 (Monday 16th – Friday 20th September, 2024)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH GRAMMAR


TOPIC: PRONOUNS
CLASS: Year 6

What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does
not need to be named specifically.

There are seven types of pronouns


In English grammar, we can split pronouns into seven different categories, depending
on which nouns the pronouns refer to. Here is a breakdown of the seven types of
pronouns:

1. Personal pronouns Personal pronouns refer to a specific person or thing.


Possessive personal pronouns are pronouns that show
possession. They define a person (or a number of
people) who owns a particular object.
2. Demonstrative Demonstrative pronouns point to and identify a noun or
pronouns a pronoun. This and these refer to things that are nearby
in space or time, while that and those refer to things that
are farther away in space or further away in time.
3. Interrogative Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. The
pronouns interrogative pronouns are who, whom,
which, and what.
4. Relative pronouns Relative pronouns are used to link one phrase or clause to
another phrase or clause. The relative pronouns are who,
whom, that, and which. The compounds whoever,
whomever, and whichever are also commonly used
relative pronouns.
5. Indefinite pronouns Indefinite pronouns refer to an identifiable, but not
specified, person or thing. An indefinite pronoun conveys
the idea of all, any, none, or some.
6. Reflexive pronouns Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the clause
or sentence. The reflexive pronouns used in writing
English are myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself,
ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.
7. Intensive pronouns Intensive pronouns add emphasis. They're the same
pronouns as reflexive pronouns. For example, 'I did
it myself.'
There are 12 personal pronouns for a person or group, and
they are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her,
us and them.

What is a personal pronoun?


Personal pronouns can be used instead of a person, place or thing.

How many personal pronouns are there?


There are 12 personal pronouns for a person or group, and they are: I, you, he, she, it,
we, they, me, him, her, us and them.

Personal pronouns help to avoid repetition of the same word used to refer to somebody.
If the noun is plural, then the pronoun replacing it is also plural. Using personal pronouns
makes our speech sound more natural, too.

For example:
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because Tim needed to repair Tim's bike. Tim was slow
getting ready and Sally and Tim were late.

Their names are repeated, making it frustrating to read.

Sally gave Tim a lift to work because he needed to repair his bike. He was slow getting
ready and they were late.

By replacing the repeated names with pronouns, it's much easier to read and still makes
sense.

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