Types of pronouns (personal, possessive, reflexive, indefinite) with examples

📚 Quick Study Guide

🔍 Pronouns replace nouns, making sentences less repetitive. 💡 There are several types of pronouns:
• 👤 Personal Pronouns: Refer to specific people or things (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them).
• 🔑 Possessive Pronouns: Show ownership (e.g., mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).
• 🪞 Reflexive Pronouns: Refer back to the subject of the sentence (e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves).
• ♾️ Indefinite Pronouns: Refer to nonspecific people or things (e.g., someone, anyone, everyone, no one, somebody, anybody, everybody, nobody, something, anything, everything, nothing).

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a possessive pronoun?
   1. A. They
   2. B. Mine
   3. C. Myself
   4. D. Someone
2. Which sentence correctly uses a reflexive pronoun?
   1. A. He gave the book to I.
   2. B. She hurt herself.
   3. C. They saw we at the park.
   4. D. You can do it for he.
3. Which of the following is an indefinite pronoun?
   1. A. She
   2. B. His
   3. C. Everyone
   4. D. We
4. In the sentence "We are going to the store," which word is a personal pronoun?
   1. A. Going
   2. B. Store
   3. C. Are
   4. D. We
5. Which sentence does NOT contain a personal pronoun?
   1. A. I like to read books.
   2. B. They went to the beach.
   3. C. The cat is on the mat.
   4. D. He plays the guitar.
6. Which of the following sentences uses a possessive pronoun correctly?
   1. A. That is her's book.
   2. B. That book is mine.
   3. C. The dog licked it's paw.
   4. D. Their going to the store.
7. Identify the type of pronoun used in the following sentence: "Nobody came to the party."
   1. A. Personal
   2. B. Possessive
   3. C. Reflexive
   4. D. Indefinite