BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR

PRONOUNS

Disusun Oleh:
Ilham Alkadri
Miranda Inado

STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT

TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING FACULTY

STATE STUDY OF SULTAN AMAI GORONTALO

2022/2023
 DISCUSSION
A. Pronoun
What is pronouns
A pronoun is a word that replaces a common noun or a proper noun or a word that
is useful for replacing a noun to avoid wasteful repetition.
For Example:
Nadia Is my Sister. Nadia likes Spaghetti. Every Morning, Mothers cooks
Spaghetti for Nadia. I, to be Honest, do not like spaghetti to much. But Nadia
doesn’t seem bored eating spaghetti.
If you look at the paragraph above, what do you think about it? Yeah, there are
too many repeated words, so it's not comfortable to read. There are two underlined
words nadia and spaghetti, both of which are nouns. you can replace these words
to avoid repetition. for example like this.
Nadia Is my Sister. She likes Spaghetti. Every Morning, Mothers cooks it for her.
I, to be Honest, do not like it to much. But she doesn’t seem bored eating it.
the words Nadia and Spaghetti are mentioned just once. so that the paragraph
looks more pleasant to read. well that's the function of pronouns.
Type of Pronouns
In general, there are 8 types of pronouns in English, namely personal pronouns,
possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns, interrogative
pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns.
1. Personal Pronouns
personal pronouns are pronouns that are shown to people or objects that
act as subjects or objects of sentences.

Subject Object
I Me
You You
We Us
They Them
She Her
He His
It It

If they are placed or the object to be replaced is located on the object then
we can change it from I to We and the others just the same.
For Example:
1. We need a partner to practice English
 Are You Plesant to tech us?
2. Andre was absent today. He was under the weather.
Because Andre was absent, Lian decided to visit him.
3. The floor it wet bacause I have just mopped it. It may be slippery.
2. Possesive Pronoun
Possessive pronouns are pronouns thet use possesive nouns.
1. Possesive Pronouns that combine with other nouns (Possesive
Adjective)
- Maria’s book - Her book
- Student’s worksheet - Their worksheet
- The building’s construction - Its Construction
The arrangement of a possesive pronoun with a noun is called a
possesive adjective, this word must be attached to a noun because we
must know what is owned.
2. A possessive pronoun that can stand alone (Possessive Pronoun)
- Joni’s - His
- Susan’s and Martines - Theirs
Subject Possessive Possessive
Pronouns Adjective Pronouns
I My... Mine
You Your... Yours
We Our... Ours
They Their... Theirs
She His... His
He Her... Hers
It Its... -
3. Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that are used to replace the object of the
sentence that is the same as the subject.
Subject Reflexive
Pronouns Pronouns
I Myself
You (Singular) Yourself
You (Plural) Yourselves
We Ourselves
They Themselves
She Herself
He Himself
It Itself
Example:
- Lucas amd Dona rewarded themselves for passing the task
- You don’t have to hurt yourself
- She is trying to love herself
4. Intensive Pronouns
Intensive Pronoun are pronouns that can be used to emphasize the
previous word or the noun that follows it.
Example:
- He himself fixed the car
- You yourself can change you future
The various forms of intensive pronouns are the same as reflexive
pronouns, the only difference is the function of both of them.
5. Demonstrative Pronouns
It is a pronoun used to refer to an object, both near and far.

In English, there are only two pronouns that we use, this and that, and
each of the words this and that have other forms. As follows:

This > Singular near

These > Plural near
That > Singular far
Those > Plural far
Example:
- This is my book
- These are my books
- That is alkadri’s house
- Those are our houses
6. Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative pronouns are pronouns that are used to ask questions. And
here are the frequently used question pronouns.
Who (Subject) - Who calls me?
Whose - Whose is this bag?
What - What makes you happy?
Which - Which do you like?
Whom (object) - For when are you looking?
Example:
- Who are those people?
- Which do you like?
- What is this?
- Who is sleeping in the class?
7. Indefinite Pronouns
There are several things that are included in indefinite pronouns:
1. Indefinite pronouns forms of people and Object
People anybody everybody nobody somebody
Anyone everyone noone someone
Object Anything anything nothing Something
Example:
- Everybody is happy at the party
 - I have nothing to sell
- Someone calls me
- I do not know anything at all
2. Indefinite pronouns in other forms for people and object
Indefinite pronoun
One
Another
Other
Exampel:
- Can one smoke here
- This fruit is ripe, can i have another?
- This book is thick and the other is thin
3. Indefinite pronoun for the partisipant of people and object
Indefinite Pronouns
All
Most
Both
Each
None
Example:
- There is to much assighment, and I have touched all yet
- Are student are in the class. The teacher calls each for checking
attendance
- There are two big option, and I choose both
4. Indefinite Pronouns for the number of people and object
Indefinite Pronoun
Any which
Some faw
Saveral more
Enough little
Many less
Example:
- Can I have sugar? I need more.
- Many are boys, few are girls
8. Reciprocal Pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns are where the subjects provide activities to each
other. In English, there are two pronouns that are often used, each other
and one another. Each other is used for two subjects and one another is
used for more than two subject.
Example:
- Maria and Juan congratulate each other after exam.
- The students congratulate one another after exam.
 Reference

Seaton, Anne. Basic English Grammar Book 1. Singapore: Saddleback

Educational Publishing, 2007.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMR3lYBIrUzh0evA_mYgV-hOdstqCDBXu