Pronouns

A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

• Alice is a good girl. Everybody likes her. (Here the pronoun her is used instead of the noun Alice.)
• Jane sings well. She has a golden voice. (Here the pronoun she refers back to the noun Jane.)

There are different kinds of pronouns.

Personal pronoun
Reflexive pronoun
Emphatic pronoun
Demonstrative pronoun
Indefinite pronoun
Interrogative pronoun
Distributive pronoun
Reciprocal pronoun
Relative pronoun

Sections in this article

Pronouns
Kinds of pronouns
Personal pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
Relative pronouns
Correct usage of personal pronouns