1. Pronoun

• A word that replaces a Noun is called a pronoun

2. Personal Pronoun:

• Related to a Person
  

  Person	Sub.	Poss Adj.	Obj.	Poss Pronoun
  1st	I/WE	MY/OUR	ME/US	MINE
  2nd	YOU	YOUR	YOUR	YOURS
  3rd	HE SHE THEY	HIS HER THEIR	HIM HER THEM	HIS HERS THEIRS
  -	IT	ITS	IT	-

• Some important points:
• [ Same case + and + same case ]
  subjective case/objective case/Possessive case + and + subjective case/objective case/Possessive case
  ⇒Rahul is talking to she her.
  ⇒All except I am me are invited.
  ⇒This dog is my mine.

• [ Same case + than + same case ]
  The speed of a computer is higher than that of a calculator.
  A computer’s speed is higher than a calculator’s.
  Salaries of the private sector are higher than those of the government sector.
  

• [ subjective case + verb + objective case ]
• [ Preposition + Objective case ]
• Subjective case/ Objective case + Noun/ Gerund ]
• [ Possessive case + Noun/ gerund ]
• [ Possessive adjective + Noun = Possessive Pronoun ]
  His brother works in the company of my mine/ of my brother.
  [ Theirs (poss pron) Their (poss adj) car (N) beat our car/ours.
  Note: [Our + car = ours] 
• Possessive adjectives are never used in subjective cases.
  (exception: His, as the same case in both poss. adj & Poss. Pronoun)
  ⇒My (poss. adj) street (N) is (link verb) clean (adj) and his (sub) is unclean (sub compl).
  ⇒She broke hers her (poss. adj.) pen (N) and asked for (prep for obj) our ours (obj).
  
• [ Possessive Pronoun +  Noun ]
  [ Possessive Pronon + Adjective ]
  Possessive Pronouns can be used as a subjective case
• superlative degree  ________ that  ________.
  ⇒Sachin is the best player that everyone knows.
• Question word________ that__________.
  ⇒Who is the boy that killed the snake?

• Use of That		Add New
  The Only, The Few, The Little, All, The Best,, Every+one/body/thing, Some+one/body/thing, Any+one/body/thing, No+one/body/thing	+That

  
  ⇒This is one of the best suggestions that have ever been made by you.
  ⇒She is the only one of them that has qualified for this exam.

3. Arrangement of Pronouns:

• [ For good Acts: 231 ]
  ⇒You, he, and I should help her.
• [ For bad Acts: 123 ]
  ⇒I, you, and he broke the rules

4. General English Reflexive Pronoun:

• [ ___________ verb + reflexive pronoun. ]
• [ emphatic pronoun  + verb +____________ ]
  ⇒Shalini herself praised the move.

• Subjective Case	Possessive Adjective	Objective Case	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
  I	my	me	mine	myself (sing.)
  we	our	us	ours	ourselves (plural)
  you	your	you	yours	yourself/yourselves (sing/plural)
  He	his	him them	his	himself (sing)
  She	her	her	hers	herself (sing)
  It	its	it	-	itself (sing)
  they	their		theirs	themselves (plural)

• [ Reflexive Pronoun: used as objective case ]
  ⇒He introduced himself to (prep) the VC (obj for prep) of (prep) the company (obj for prep).
• Reflexive Pronoun: used as a subjective case:
  ⇒Myself is i am Bhavik and I teach English.
  ⇒I myself (emphatic pronoun) am Bhavik.
• ⇒Naina enjoyed [Transitive verb] the party (here object is for verb).
  ⇒Naina enjoyed in the party (here object is for preposition).
  ⇒Naina enjoyed herself in the party.

• Category 1: Reflexive Verbs	Category 2: Reflexive Verbs
  Introduce, Satisfy, Enjoy, Avail, Pride, Prostrate, Promote, Absent, Present, Hurt	Reconcile, Resign, Submit, Help, Behave, Adjust, Acquit, Adapt

• [ if category: 1 verb + object + reflexive pronoun ]
  ⇒she enjoyed _______ in the party.(no object for verb)
  ⇒She enjoyed herself in the party.
• [ if category: 1 verb + object + reflexive pronoun] 
  ⇒The magician introduced his assistant (object) to the audience.
• NOTE: [To no avail & of no avail] +reflexive pronoun
• [ Category: 2 verbs- If these verbs are followed by the preposition ‘TO’ then use a reflexive pronoun.] 
  ⇒Resigned herself to________.
  ⇒Help himself to____________.

• No use of Reflexive Pronoun		Add New
  Dress, Shave, Wash, Relax, Bathe, Keep, Remain, Move, Stop, Concentrate, Hurry, Wake-Up, Lie-down, Meet, Hide, Turn, Sleep, Shower, Clean		Add New

5. General English Relative Pronoun:

• Who	Which	That	What
  Used: For Human	Used: For Non-Human	Used: For Human + Non-Human (specific)	Use : when no Antecedent is given