Structure: Pronouns – SS2 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

A pronoun is a word used instead or in place of a noun or a noun phrase. E.g; Ade is coming tomorrow 

=     He is coming tomorrow.

There are different types of pronouns. They are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, relative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, etc.

Here, we shall consider personal and relative pronouns.

1. Personal Pronouns: They are used to refer to persons (and things) and they are of three types.

i. First Person

a) Singular                        

– I go to school every day.   

b) Plural             

– We go to school every day.

ii. Second Person

a) Singular                         

You come here every Saturday.  

b) Plural          

You come here every Saturday. 

iii. Third Person

a) Singular                        

He/ She /It {goes to the stream every week.       

b) Plural 

They go to the stream every week.

Personal pronouns also have object and subject forms. 

Consider the box below:

Subject form         Object form

I                                 Me

You                    You(singular &plural)

She                          Her

He                           Him

We                           Us

You                          You

They                        Them

It                                 It

2. Relative Pronouns 

A relative pronoun connects a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. This clause describes the nouns. They include: who, whose, whom, which, that, when and where.

Relative pronouns are usually placed directly after the noun or pronoun they modify. Examples include:

1. The children whom we love dearly need better health plans. 
2. The cop who saved the girl was very brave. 
3. Remember the day when we met for the first time? 
4. The painting which has such a rich history, is now for sale.  
5. Never lie to a lawyer whose job is to help you. 

Words for the week

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