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📚 PARTS OF SPEECH – PRONOUNS | Easy English Grammar Lesson
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In this video, you will learn about PRONOUNS in a simple, fun, and easy-to-understand way. Pronouns are words used in place of nouns to avoid repetition and make sentences smoother and more natural.
✨ In this lesson, you will learn:
✔ What are pronouns?
✔ Why pronouns are important
✔ Different types of pronouns
✔ Easy examples for daily use
✔ Sentence practice for students
✔ Simple grammar explanation for beginners
📘 Examples included:
👉 I, You, He, She, It, We, They
👉 How to use pronouns correctly in sentences
👉 Common mistakes to avoid
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Hello friends. Good morning. Today I'm
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going to give you the thorough
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explanation of the next parts of speech,
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that is pronouns.
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Let's discuss the lesson agenda. Today
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we will discuss what are pronouns, the
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types of pronouns which are
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demonstrative, reflexive, relative,
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indefinite, interrogative, possessive,
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and personal pronouns. What is a
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pronoun? Pronouns are the words that
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replace nouns, groups of words
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functioning as nouns, or other pronouns.
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So in simple words, pronouns are those
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words which are used in place of the
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noun.
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There is one more term which you should
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understand, and the term is antecedent.
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What is antecedent? It is a word that a
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pronoun replaces or refers to is called
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its antecedent.
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Every pronoun has an antecedent, even if
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it's not in the same sentence. Let's try
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to understand with the help of an
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example.
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Samira loves watching movies. So here
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Samira is the noun.
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So it is Samira which we are going to
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replace with a pronoun.
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So she's a female, so in place of Samira
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we will use the word she. But she is not
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fond of horror movies. So here she is a
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pronoun which has taken the place of
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Samira,
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and because it's Samira in place of
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which we have used the word she, so here
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Samira, the noun, is the antecedent.
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Let's start with the understanding of
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different types of pronouns. First of
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all, we are going to discuss are the
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personal pronouns. What are personal
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pronouns? Personal pronouns refer to
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those pronouns which are used in place
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of specific people, places, things, or
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ideas, and they indicate whether the
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noun in the first person is at the
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second person or at the third person.
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Personal pronouns can be singular or
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plural. If we talk about first person,
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the pronouns which are used in place of
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it are I and me. And if it's plural,
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it's we and us. For second person, both
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for singular and plural, the pronoun
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that we use is you. And when we talk
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about the third person, at singular
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place, we use the pronouns like he, she,
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it, him or her. But if it is plural,
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then we use the pronouns like they and
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them.
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Let's try to understand with the help of
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the example.
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If we say, "The apple was picked by me."
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Here, the personal pronoun is me. It
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refers to the speaker of the sentence.
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Samira will buy coffee for you. Here,
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you, the personal pronoun, is referring
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to the person who is being spoken to.
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This is about the journey.
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Aaron gave him the laptop. Here, the
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pronoun him refers to the person about
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whom we are talking about. It means the
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first and second person are talking
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about some third person. So, for him, we
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are using the pronoun him. I hope the
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things are made clear. Let's also
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understand that if I am talking about
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the pronoun he and him, we always use it
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for males. She and her, we use for
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females. And if we are using it, it is
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used for things or we even use it for
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animals and birds.
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Next pronouns which we are going to
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discuss are the possessive pronouns.
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Possessive pronouns are the pronouns
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which are used to express the possession
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or the ownership.
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They don't require any apostrophe.
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If we talk about first person, then we
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use my and mine. And for plural we use
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our and ours.
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In second person, we use your and yours,
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and in plural it still remains the same.
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And for third person, in singular we use
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his, her, hers, or its, and in plural we
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use their and theirs.
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Let's take an example.
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If I'm talking about the first person,
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if I say, "The pencil is mine." So, here
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the possessive pronoun mine refers to
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the ownership of the speaker.
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Next sentence, "This calculator is
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yours."
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The possessive pronoun yours here refers
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to the ownership of the person whom we
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are being speaking to.
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And the third sentence, "Her book is
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missing." Here the possessive pronoun
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her refers to the ownership of the
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person being talked about.
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So, the words like mine, yours, her,
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his, all are possessive pronouns. Third
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type of pronoun is indefinite pronouns.
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As the word itself reflects, they are
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the pronouns which refers to no
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particular person, thing, or quantity.
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So, the name indefinite, about which we
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are not definite about, about which we
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are not clear about. Some examples are
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all, any, both, each, most, much,
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neither, someone, etc.
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Let's take some more examples in form of
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sentences.
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"Everyone in the class needs to come up
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with an idea." Here the indefinite
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pronoun everyone refers to an unspecific
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person in the class. We are talking
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about everyone.
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Similarly, "Someone messaged her." Here
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the indefinite pronoun is someone. It
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refers to any unspecific person.
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Similarly, how much will it cost to
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build a house? So, here the indefinite
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pronoun much refers to an unspecific
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amount.
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Next type of pronouns are interrogative
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pronouns. As the name itself reflects,
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interrogation means asking questions.
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So, an interrogative pronoun is a
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pronoun which is used to ask questions.
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Some of the common pronouns are who,
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whom, whose, which, what. Let's try some
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easy examples. Who is your best friend?
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So, here who reflects the interrogative
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pronoun. What is your name? Here what
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reflects an interrogative pronoun.
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The next type of pronoun are the
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demonstrative pronouns. A demonstrative
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pronoun is a word which is used to point
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out to a person, place, animal, or
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thing. Just to help you understand,
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always remember
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under demonstration, always four
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important words come. This, that, these,
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and those.
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This and these are used for the
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objects or the people who are near to
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us. And that, those are used for the
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things or the people who are far away
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from us. So, this is my pen. These are
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my pens.
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That is your bag. Those are your bags.
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So, this, that, these, those are the
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four words which are considered
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demonstrative pronouns. Next type of
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pronouns are reflexive pronouns. A
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reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun
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that refers back to a noun or a pronoun
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within a sentence.
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This pronoun can act as an object in a
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sentence. For example, in case of
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reflexive pronoun, always remember with
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the pronouns with simple pronouns we are
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going to attach self or selves. For
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example, if I say I will do my work
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myself.
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You will do your work yourself.
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In first person, myself is singular,
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ourselves is plural. In second person,
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yourself is singular, but when we talk
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about more than one person, we say
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yourselves.
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And in third person, in singular place,
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the words like himself, herself, or
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itself comes. But when it's plural, then
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we use the word themselves.
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I have given some examples as well.
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Under first person, I can take the
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example I bought myself flowers. So here
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the reflexive pronoun myself is
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referring back to the subject of the
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sentence, that is I.
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In second person, I have taken the
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example you help yourself with the
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dinner. So here yourself is referring
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back to the subject of the sentence,
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that is you.
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And finally in third person, she ordered
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herself a cake or she ordered a cake
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herself. So here the reflexive pronoun
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herself refers back to the subject of
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the sentence.
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There is one more type of pronouns that
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are the relative pronouns, which we will
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do in proper detail when we'll be
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reaching the conjunctions. But first of
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all, let's try to understand what are
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relative pronouns. A relative pronoun is
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a pronoun which helps us to join two
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sentences or gives more information
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about the noun.
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Here are some words which are used as
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relative pronouns are who, whom, whose,
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which, that. Let's try with some
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examples. The boy who gave the idea is
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Rohan. So, here who is adding more
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information about the subject, that is
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the boy.
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The another example, this is the message
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that I received yesterday. So, the more
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information is being added about the
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message is I received yesterday. So,
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here the words like who and that are the
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relative pronouns. One more example I
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have given, the women whose money was
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stolen called the police. So, here whose
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is the relative pronoun. Now, you might
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be assuming that there are so many
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pronouns and their types, how it is
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possible to learn them all. I have made
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a very simple acronym to remember all
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the types of pronoun and the acronym is
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drip.
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Where D comes one time, R I P comes two
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times each. D stands for demonstrative
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pronouns, R one is reflexive pronouns, R
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two is relative pronouns. Then I, I one
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is indefinite pronouns and I two is
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interrogative pronouns. And finally
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comes P, P one is the personal pronouns
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and P two is the possessive pronouns.
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So, with the help of this acronym it
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will be very easy to remember all the
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types of the pronouns. I hope I have
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made you understand pronouns in an easy
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way. Thank you so much students. Follow
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