Learning English Grammar

Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns
- do not refer to specific persons, places, or things
- may be singular or plural

Singular
another
any
anybody
anyone
anything
each
either/neither
everybody
everyone
everything
nobody
no one
nothing
one
other
somebody
someone
something

Plural
both
few
many
several

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Possessive Pronouns
- express ownership or possession

hers
mine
ours
theirs
yours

My shoes is newly polish.
The shoes is mine.

Your bag is nice.
The bag is yours.

Our food is delicious.
The food is ours.

Her handwritten is clean and nice.
The handwritten is hers.

His bike is new.
The bike is his.

Their car is expensive.
The car is theirs.

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Relative Pronouns

Object / Ideas
That
Which

Person
Who - verb
Whom - pronoun
Whose - noun

Examples :

That
      The handicapped that are suitable to their full capabilities are gradually gaining access to jobs.

Which
      Air which is an invisible fluid held to the earth by full of gravity.

      New laws which has long been a problem for physically handicapped people have made transportation more readily available to these people.

      She notes the devotion and rules of etiquette which accompanies steeping, drinking and serving tea.
     
      Tea is drank for its taste which is beneficial to the human body.

      Tea ceremony which is done in Korea is considered a way of life.

      The air which has no mountains, deserts, tunnels or ridges is a universal highway.

     

Who
      A Korean woman who observes tea etiquette is keep on performing the task.

      Application of new electronic technology to equipment for the handicapped who make good used of it is growing steadily.

      Daedalus who is said to have made wings for himself and for his son lived on the island of Crete.

      Icarus who flew too close the sun was delighted with the wings.

      Most people who tend to associate mental disability with physical disability react generally and often insensitively to those with handicaps.

      People who are handicapped have sensory, physical or mental disabilities.

      People who deal with handicapped people must take care to see each individual as unique.

Whom

Whose
       A fossil hunter whose research is successful feels rewarded for his work.

       Men whose lives were primitive used simple designs.

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Personal Pronouns

He - She - It

He
- use in place of a boy

She
- use in place of a girl

It
- use in place of a thing or animan

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