Pronouns for Class 6

What are Pronouns?

Words that are used instead of nouns are called pronouns. Repetition of words is avoided by using pronouns. For example, he, him, herself, yourself, that, which, etc.

Types of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronoun

Personal pronouns refer to words that are used to replace the proper name of a person.

There are two cases of personal pronouns. These are subjective case and objective cases.

1. Subjective Case: Pronouns that act as the subject or replace the subject in a sentence are called subjective pronouns. For example, you, I, he, she, it and they.
2. Objective Case: Pronouns that act as the object or replace the object in a sentence are called objective pronouns. For example, him, it, her, me, you, us and them.

Examples of personal pronouns used in sentences:

→ He is our team leader. ‘He’ is the subjective personal pronoun used in this sentence.
→ Thank you for helping me. ‘Me’ is the objective personal pronoun used in the above sentence.

2. Relative Pronoun

1. Relative pronouns help us to connect one clause of the sentence to another.
2. Examples are who, whom, which and that.

Examples of Relative pronouns used in sentences:

→ The lady who organised the event is my mother. ‘Who’ is a relative pronoun used in this sentence to relate its parts.
→ The dress that I have bought is beautiful. ‘That’ is used to join the clauses of the given sentence.

3. Reflexive Pronoun

1. Reflexive pronouns reflect the actions of the subject.
2. Words that are used in reflexive pronouns are himself, herself, oneself, itself, yourself and myself.

Examples of reflexive pronouns used in sentences:

→ Kelly herself drove her car. ‘Herself’ is the reflexive pronoun used in this sentence.
→ Let me introduce myself. In this sentence, we have used ‘myself’ as the reflexive pronoun because the action of introduction is done by the subject.

4. Intensive Pronoun/ Emphatic Pronoun

Intensive pronouns also known as emphatic pronouns refer to words which emphasise a noun or pronoun.

Examples of intensive pronouns used in sentences:

→ The book that I am reading is boring. In the given sentence ‘book’ is an intensive pronoun because the emphasis is made on the noun book.
→ The man himself fixed his car. The word man is being emphasised in this sentence therefore it is an intensive pronoun.

5. Demonstrative Pronoun

1. Demonstrative pronouns point out a thing or a person in a sentence.
2. They help us to know whether something is near or far away.
3. Examples are these, those, this and that.

Examples of demonstrative pronouns used in sentences:

→ These pens are not working. ‘These’ is a demonstrative pronoun which is used for plural things near us.
→ That is the girl who won the competition. We use the ‘that’ pronoun for singular nouns which are far away.

6. Indefinite Pronoun

1. An indefinite pronoun tells us whether we are talking about things or people.
2. They do not specify or mention a particular object.

Examples of indefinite pronouns used in sentences:

→ Everyone was excited for the trip. Everyone is the indefinite pronoun which is talking about people without specifying them.
→ Do you need anything? In this sentence, it is not specified which thing is needed therefore ‘anything’ is an indefinite pronoun.

7. Distributive Pronoun

1. A pronoun that describes elements of the group separately is known as a distributive pronoun.
2. Examples are either, neither, nor and each.

Examples of distributive pronouns used in sentences:

→ She doesn’t like sweets nor does her brother. In the given sentence, we are talking about separate people. Therefore ‘nor’ is used as distributive pronouns.
→ Each student must bring their lunch. Each is referring to every student present therefore it is a distributive pronoun.

8. Possessive Pronoun

1. Possessive pronouns are used to indicate or show possession of something by someone.
2. Examples of possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs, whose.

Examples of possessive pronouns used in sentences:

→ His phone is ringing continuously. ‘His’ is a possessive pronoun which indicates ownership of the object phone.
→ This painting is mine. ‘Mine’ is a possessive pronoun which indicates ownership of the object painting.

9. Interrogative Pronoun

1. Interrogative pronouns are used to inquire about something or someone.
2. These types of pronouns include words like what, which, who, whom, whose.

Examples of interrogative pronouns used in sentences:

→ Whose phone is ringing? ‘Whose’ is an interrogative pronoun used in this sentence.
→ Which subject is your least favourite? ‘Which’ is an interrogative pronoun.

Examples of Pronouns Used in Sentences

1. Who is your teacher?
2. These pairs of shoes are beautiful.
3. Did you see my book?
4. What time is it?
5. The teacher is calling us.

FAQs

1. What are the pronouns for class 6?

Answer: Words which are used in place of nouns are called pronouns. For example, you, he, him, her, whose, etc.

2. What are the types of pronouns in class 6?

Answer: Types of pronouns are:

1. Possessive pronoun
2. Personal pronoun
3. Intensive/empathetic pronoun
4. Distributive pronoun
5. Indefinite pronoun
6. Interrogative pronoun
7. Reflexive pronoun
8. Relative pronoun
9. Demonstrative pronoun

3. What are the examples of pronouns?

Answer: Examples of pronouns are he, him, her, what, who, whom, whose, mine, its, yours, etc. In a sentence, This watch is mine.