English Pronouns

What Are Pronouns?

Pronouns are words that replace nouns or noun phrases to avoid repetition and simplify sentences.

1. Personal Pronouns

Refer to specific people or things—with different forms for subject and object.

Person	Subject	Object
1st singular	I	me
2nd singular	you	you
3rd singular (m)	he	him
3rd singular (f)	she	her
3rd singular (n)	it	it
1st plural	we	us
3rd plural	they	them

2. Possessive Pronouns

Show ownership and stand alone (no noun follows).

• mine
• yours
• his
• hers
• ours
• theirs

3. Reflexive Pronouns

Refer back to the subject of the clause.

• myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

4. Demonstrative Pronouns

Point to specific things or people.

• this, that, these, those

5. Interrogative Pronouns

Introduce questions.

• who, whom, whose, which, what

6. Relative Pronouns

Link clauses to nouns.

• who, whom, whose, which, that

7. Indefinite Pronouns

Refer to non-specific people or things.

• anyone, everyone, someone, nobody, nothing, each, many, few, several, etc.

Quick Reference

Type	Examples
Personal	I, you, he, us, them
Possessive	mine, our, theirs
Reflexive	myself, yourselves
Demonstrative	this, those
Interrogative	who, what
Relative	which, that
Indefinite	everyone, few, nothing

Practice Examples

1. She called herself to make sure she arrived on time.

2. These are my books; those are yours.

3. Do you know who left their umbrella?

4. The student who studied hardest passed the exam.

5. Everyone enjoyed the workshop.