PRONOUNS

[ indefinite &
quantitative ]
Nasuha & Kamilia
What is Pronouns ?
-Pronouns are words that take the
place of nouns.

-We often use them to avoid

repeating the nouns that they refer
to.

-Pronouns have different forms for

the different ways we use them. 
 INDEFINITE
PRONOUNS
“The pronouns that do not refer to
any person, amount, or thing in
particular
e.g. anything, something, 
anyone, everyone are called
Indefinite Pronouns.”
QUANTITATIVE/
DISTRIBUTIVE
PRONOUNS

“ The pronouns that refer to

persons or
things taken one at a time are
called Distributive.”
 01
Indefinitive
Pronouns
to refer to people or things
without saying exactly who
or what they are
 Singular, Plural, Singular or Plural

Singular Plural Singular/ Plural

anybody, anyone, anything, each, either,
everybody, everyone, everything, both, few, all, any, most,
neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one,
somebody, someone, something
many, several none, some
Examples :

many, few everyone

01 Many are called,
02 Everyone says she is
but few are chosen. beautiful inside and out.

somebody either, its

03 Somebody ate my 04 Either choice
sandwich! has its advantages.
Exercises :
Does _______ know
_______ is making my computer act what’s happening
up. tonight?

A. Anyone A. Anybody
B. Something B. Anyone
C. Each C. Someone
D. Everyone D. A, B, and C

Something A, B and C
Exercises :
I don’t know
_________ baker presented a _________ of the
beautiful cake to the king. answers.

A. The A. Anyone
B. One B. Any
C. Each C. Everyone
D. Both D. No one

Each Any
 02
Quantitative/
Distributive
to refer to every person or thing
among a group separately rather
than collectively
 Examples :
Each Neither Either
Each students of this class Neither road is Either girl is fit
is brilliant. safe. for the role.
Here ‘each’ refers to every It means both of
student in the class It means none the girls are fit for
separately. of the two the role.
road is safe.
We are not talking about the We are talking
whole class. But we are talking about every girl
about each student in the
separately.
class separately.
 Examples :
Each Neither Either
Each one of them Neither bag is Either boy can
had a ball. mine. do it.

Neither is a It is distributive
Here ‘each’ refers to
distributive pronoun as it is
every person
pronoun as it refers referring to each of
separately,
to one bag the boys
not collectively.
at a time. one by one.
So we had seen that these distributive pronoun took
singular noun (is) after them,

But If we use ‘either’, ‘neither’ and ‘each’ as

‘either of’, ‘neither of’ and ‘each of’ ,
They become plural pronoun and then they take
plural noun but singular verb.
Example
Each of these
dresses is beautiful.

1. Each of is distributive pronoun

2. Dresses is plural noun
3. Is is singular verb
 
If you use each of, you have to use plural
noun and singular verb.
Take a breath :)
Any questions to
ask?
Thank
you!
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