English Grammar

Complete Guide to Pronouns and Their Types in English with Examples

Complete Guide to Pronouns and Their Types in English with Examples
Pronoun Definition and Its Types in English

Learn about pronouns, their definitions, and types in English with simple examples in Urdu. Understanding pronouns is important for speaking and writing better English. This guide will help you understand all the different types of pronouns with easy-to-follow examples in Urdu.

By learning pronouns, you’ll improve your English skills and use them correctly in sentences.

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What is Pronoun?/اسم ضمیر کیا ہے؟

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence. For example, instead of repeating someone’s name, we use a pronoun like “he,” “she,” or “they.” Pronouns make sentences clearer and more efficient.

وہ لفظ جسے اسم کی جگہ پر استعمال کیا جاتا ہے۔۔۔

اسم اسم ضمیر اسم اسم ضمیر
Asim He Asim, sana They
Sana She Ali, saim We
Cat it Teacher He

Example Sentences:

اسم اسم ضمیر
Ali is a good boy. He is a good boy.
Sana is a girl. She is a girl.
Boys are writing letter. They are writing letter.
The table is new. It is new table.
Sana and i are friends. We are friends.

Types of Pronouns:

  • Personal Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Emphatic Pronouns
  • Interrogative Pronouns
  • Reciprocal Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Distributive Pronouns

1. Personal pronoun (ضمائر شخصی)

Personal pronouns are used to replace a person’s name or object. These pronouns refer to people, animals, or things.

کسی شخص، چیز  یا جگہ پراستعمال کیے جانے والے ناؤن کو کہاجاتا ہے

Example Words:

I They it Her
We He Me Them
You She Mine Us

2. Possessive pronoun (ضمائر ملکیتی)

Possessive pronouns show ownership or possession. These pronouns are used to indicate that something belongs to someone.

ایسے ضمائر جو ملکیت کا اظہار کرنے کےلیے یوز ہوتے ہیں۔۔

Example Words:

This Mine Ours
That Yours Theirs
These Hers Its

Example Sentences:

This cat is mine. یہ بلی میری ہے۔
That is my book. وہ میری کتاب ہے۔
These are my shoes. یہ سب میرے جوتے ہیں۔
That car is yours. وہ کارآپکی ہے۔
That house is mine. وہ گھر میرا ہے۔
Theirs room is nice. انکا کمرہ عمدہ ہے۔

 

Complete Guide to Pronouns and Their Types in English with Examples

Pronoun Definition and Their Types in English

3. Indefinite pronouns (ضمائیر  تنکیر)

Indefinite pronouns refer to people or things in a general way, without being specific.

ایسے ضمائر جو غیرمعین چیزوں یا اشخاص کےلیے یوز کیے جاتے ہیں۔

Example Words:

Anyone Nobody Many
Someone All Few
Anybody Something Everybody

Example Sentences:

Anyone can come. کوئی آسکتا ہے؟
Nobody can talk. کوئی بھی بات نہیں کر سکتا ۔
Someone will help. کوئی مدد کرے گا۔
Everyone will see. ہر کوئی دیکھے گا۔
Something will happen. کچھ ہو گا۔
All are good. سب اچھے ہیں۔

4. Reflexive pronouns (ضمائیر راجع)

Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence. They are used when the subject and object are the same.

جب فاعل خود اپنے آپ پر کام کریں تب ایسی ضمائر کو یوز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Example Words:

Myself Himself Yourselves
Yourself Themselves Ourselves
Herself Itself

Example Sentences:

I myself talk . میں خود بات کرتا ہوں۔
She herself cooks. وہ خود پکاتی ہے۔
He himself goes. وہ خود جاتا ہے۔
They themselves sing. وہ خود گاتے ہیں۔
We ourselves dance. ہم خود ناچتے ہیں۔
It itself works. یہ خود کام کرتی ہے۔

5. Demonstrative pronouns (ضمائیر اشارہ)

These pronouns point to something specific and show which one is being talked about.

ایسے ضمائر جن کو کسی چیز طرف اشارہ کرنے کےلیے استعمال جاتا ہے۔

Example Words:

This Those
That None
These Neither

Example Sentences:

This is my friend. یہ میرا دوست ہے۔
That is my friend. وہ میرا دوست ہے۔
These are my friends. یہ سب میرے دوست ہیں۔
Those are friends. وہ سب میرے دوست ہیں۔

6. Emphatic pronouns (ضمائیر تاکیدی)

Emphatic pronouns are used to emphasize or give extra stress to the subject of the sentence.

کسی پروناؤن  کو زیادہ زور دار بنانے کےلیے ان ضمائر کا یوز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Example Words:

Myself Himself Yourselves
Yourself Themselves Ourselves
Herself Itself

Example Sentences:

He himself said. اس نے خود کہا۔
She herself bought. اس نے خود خریدا۔
You yourself go. تم خود جاؤ۔
I myself solved it. میں نے خود حل کیا۔

 

Complete Guide to Pronouns and Their Types in English with Examples

Pronoun Definition and Their Types in English

7. Interrogative pronouns (ضمائیر سوالیہ)

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions about people or things.

ایسی ضمائر جن کو سوال کرنے کےلیے یوز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Example Words:

What How Who
Who Which Whose
When Whom

Example Sentences:

Who is she? وہ کون ہے؟
How are you? آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Whose dog is this? یہ کتا کس کا ہے؟
What is your name? آپکا نام کیا ہے؟
When will you go? تم کب جاؤ گے؟

8. Reciprocal pronouns (باہمی ضمیر)

Reciprocal pronouns express a mutual action or relationship.

کسی باہمی عمل یا تعلق کا اظہار کرنے کےلیے ان کا یوز کیا جاتا ہے

Example Words:

Each other ایک دوسرے
One another ایک دوسرے

Example Sentences:

We love each other. ہم ایک دوسرے سے پیار کرتے ہیں۔
They hate one another. وہ ایک دوسرے سے نفرت کرت ہیں۔
We hate each other. ہم ایک دوسرے سے  نفرت کرتے ہیں۔
We need one another. ہمیں ایک دوسرے کی ضرورت ہے۔

9. Relative pronouns (ضمائیر نسبتی)

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses and relate to a noun mentioned earlier in the sentence.

ایسی ضمائر جن کا تعلق ایسے اسم سے ہو جن کا ذکر پہلے سے ہو چکا ہو۔

Example Words:

Who That Whose
What Whom

Example Sentences:

I met the boy who died.

میں اس لڑکے سے ملا جو مر گیا تھا۔
This is the room that I lived in. یہ وہی کمرہ ہے جس میں میں رہتا تھا۔
This is the man which deceived me. یہ وہی آدمی ہے جس نے مجھے دھوکہ دیا۔
This is the man whose dog bites me. یہ وہ آدمی ہے جس کا کتا مجھے کاٹتا ہے۔

10. Distributive pronouns  (ضمائیر تقسیمی)

Distributive Pronouns are pronouns used to refer to members of a group individually. They show that each person or thing in the group is being considered separately.

ایسی ضمائر جو زیادہ چیزوں یا لوگوں کو اشارہ کریں لیکن  صرف واحد کے معنی دیں۔

Example Words:

Each Neither
Either

Example Sentences:

Each of you can travel. تم میں سے کوئی ایک سفر کر سکتا ہے۔
Neither of will go. تم میں سے کوئی نہیں جائے گا۔
Each of you will help. تم میں سے ہر کوئی مدد کرے گا۔
Neither of us will fight. ہم میں سے کوئی نہیں لڑے گا۔

 

Complete Guide to Pronouns and Their Types in English with Examples

Pronoun Definition and Their Types in English

Why Learning Pronouns?

Learning pronouns is important because they help make sentences shorter and clearer by replacing nouns. Without pronouns, we’d have to repeat names or things constantly, which would make communication messy and confusing. Pronouns allow us to talk about people, places, or things without always saying their names.

  • Without pronouns: “Ali is a good boy. Ali likes to play soccer.”
  • With pronouns: “Ali is a good boy. He likes to play soccer.”

By using pronouns like he, she, and it, we can make sentences shorter and easier to understand. It helps us speak and write more naturally.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a pronoun?

  • A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition. For example, “he” instead of “Ali.”

2. What are personal pronouns?

  • Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things, such as “I,” “you,” “he,” and “they.”

3. What is the difference between possessive pronouns and personal pronouns?

  • Possessive pronouns show ownership, like “mine,” “yours,” while personal pronouns refer to people or things, like “I,” “she.”

4. Can reflexive pronouns be used in place of personal pronouns?

  • No, reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize the subject or indicate the subject did the action to themselves.

5. How do demonstrative pronouns work?

  • Demonstrative pronouns point to specific things, like “this,” “that,” “these,” or “those,” to show which one is being referred to.

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