- Conversation would be very strange if we had no pronouns. These are the words we use when we want to refer to people or things without continually repeating their names. If we really wanted to, We could say:
Ex: I saw Ahmed this morning. Ahmed came early to get Ahmed’s book.
It’s much more convenient to use some pronouns:
Ex: I saw Ahmed this morning. He came early to get his book.
· What are the types of pronouns?
- In English language we have the following types of pronouns:
1. Personal pronouns: represent specific people or things. We use them depending on:
number: singular (eg: I) or plural (eg: we)
person: 1st person (eg: I), 2nd person (eg: you) or 3rd person (eg: he)
gender: male (eg: he), female (eg: she) or neuter (eg: it)
case: subject (eg: we) or object (eg: us)
2. Relative pronouns: we use them in the context.
- Ex: who - whose - whom - which - that
I met the man who bought the house.
Isn’t that boy whose story was on TV?
The book that they really want is out of print.
3. Interrogative pronouns: the same words as the relative pronouns, but with different functions
Whose is this desk?
Which cup do you want?
4. Indefinite pronouns:
- Ex: anyone - somebody - everything… etc.
**************************************************
for more information please, watch this video
No comments:
Post a Comment