REFLEXIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS FOR 9°

Pronoun can be divided into following groups.

 

Personal Pronouns:  e.g. I, you, He, she, it, they, who, me, him, her, them, whom

Possessive Pronouns: e.g. yours, mine, his, hers, ours, theirs,

Reflexive Pronouns: e.g. myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, ourselves, themselves

Reciprocal Pronoun: e.g. each other, one another

Relative Pronouns: e.g. who, whom, whose, which, that

Demonstrative Pronoun: e.g. this, these, that, those

 

Reflexive Pronoun.

 

Reflexive pronoun describes noun when subject’s action affects the subject itself.
e.g himself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves, itself  are reflexive pronouns.

 

Reflexive pronouns always act as objects not subjects, and they require an interaction between the subject and an object.

 

Number	Person	Subject	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	1st Person	I	Myself
	2nd Person	You	Yourself
	3rd Person	He, she, it	Himself, Herself, Itself
Plural	1st Person	We	Ourselves
	2nd Person	You	Yourselves
	3rd Person	They	Themselves

Examples.
        I looked at myself in the mirror.
        You should think about yourself.
        They prepared themselves for completion.
        She pleases herself by think that she will win the prize.
        He bought a car for himself.
        He locked himself in the room.
        He who loves only himself is a selfish.

 

Relative Pronouns.

Relative Pronoun describes a noun which is mentioned before and more information is to be given about it.

For example, It is the person, who helped her.
In this sentence the word “who” is a relative pronoun which refers to the noun (the person) which is already mentioned in beginning of sentence (It is the person) and more information (he helped her) is given after using a relative pronoun (who) for the noun (the person).
Similarly, in above sentence the pronoun “who” joins two clauses which are “it is the person” and “who helped her”.   

 

Examples. The most commonly used five relative pronouns are, who, whom, whose, which, that.
“Who” is for subject and “whom” is used for object. “who” and “whom” are used for people. “Whose” is used to show possession and can be used for both people and things. “Which” is used for things. “That” is used for people and things.

 

Examples.
        It is the girl who got first position in class.
        Adjective is a word that modifies noun.
        The man whom I met yesterday is a nice person.
        It is the planning that makes succeed.
        The boy who is laughing is my friend.
        It is the boy whose father is doctor.
        The car which I like is red.