List of PronounsBefore seeing the list of pronouns, let's have a quick refresher on the definition of a pronoun.Quick Refresher: A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. Got it? Good! These tables show a list of pronouns for the following types of pronouns: personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, possessive, subject and object.
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Personal Pronounstake the place of common and proper nouns. | Singular | Plural |
| First Person: the person or people speaking or writing | I me | we us |
| Second Person: the person or people being spoken or written to | you | you |
| Third Person: the person, people, or things being spoken or written about | she, her he, him it | they them |
Relative Pronounsrelate a subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence. | that, which, who, whom, whose, whichever, whoever, whomever |
Demonstrative Pronounsrepresent a thing or things. | Singular | Plural |
| Refers to things that are nearby | this | these |
| Refers to things that are far away | that | those |
Indefinite Pronounsrefer to something that is unspecified. | |
| Singular | anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something |
| Plural | both, few, many, several |
| Singular or Plural | all, any, most, none, some |
Reflexive Pronounsend in self or selves. | Singular | Plural |
| First Person: the person or people speaking or writing | myself | ourselves |
| Second Person: the person or people being spoken or written to | yourself | yourselves |
| Third Person: the person, people, or things being spoken or written about | himself, herself, itself | themselves |
Interrogative Pronounsare used to ask questions. | what, who, which, whom, whose |
Possessive Pronounsare used to show ownership. | Singular | Plural |
| Used Before Nouns | my your his, her, its | our your their |
| Used Alone | mine yours his, hers | ours yours theirs |
Subject and Object Pronouns | Singular | Plural |
| Subject: whom or what the sentence is about | I you she, he, it | we you they |
| Object: direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions | me you her, him, it | us you them |
How Do You Diagram Pronouns?
Sentence diagramming is a visual way to show how the words in a sentence are related to each other.
Pronouns can do many things in a sentence, and the way they are diagrammed depends on the way that they are acting in each sentence.
Here are four of the jobs that pronouns can do: subject, direct object, indirect object, and object of the preposition.
You can learn more about diagramming by going to the English grammar exercise page which will take you step by step through diagramming.
I hope this has helped you learn a bit more about pronouns!
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