Pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Pronouns

What Is a Pronoun?

Pronouns make up a small subcategory of nouns. The distinguishing characteristic of pronouns is that they can be substituted for other nouns. 

For instance, if you’re telling a story about your sister Sarah, the story will begin to sound repetitive if you keep repeating “Sarah” over and over again.

Example:

Sarah has always loved fashion. Sarah announced that Sarah wants to go to fashion school. 

Instead, you can use the pronouns she and her to refer to Sarah.

Example:

Sarah has always loved fashion. She announced that she wants to go to fashion school.

Types of pronouns:

Personal Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Interrogative Pronouns

Reciprocal Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Indefinite pronouns are used when you need to refer to a person or thing that doesn’t need to be specifically identified.

Antecedents

An antecedent is a noun or noun phrase that you mention at the beginning of a sentence or story and later replace with a pronoun.

My family drives me nuts, but I love them.