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PRONOUN
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. We use pronouns like he, which, none and you to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.
TYPES OF PRONOUN
Sr.# | Part of Speech | task, job, function | words as example | sentences as example |
1. | NOUN | thing or person | pen, dog, work, music, town, Lahore, teacher, Ali | This is my pen. He lives in my house. We live in Lahore. |
2. | PRONOUN | replaces a noun | I, you, he, she, some | Aafia is Pakistani. She is beautiful. |
3. | ADJECTIVE | describes a noun | a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, red, well, interesting | My cat is big. I like big cats. |
4. | VERB | action or state | (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must | Google is a web site. I like google.com. |
5. | ADVERB | describes a verb, adjective or adverb | quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really | My cat eats quickly. When she is very hungry, she eats really quickly. |
6. | PREPOSITION | links a noun to another word | to, at, after, on, but | We went to school on Monday. |
7. | CONJUNCTION | joins clauses or sentences or words | and, but, when | I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats. |
8. | INTERJECTION | short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence | oh!, ouch!, hi!, well | Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know. |
Present Perfect Progressive | Used to say how long someone has been doing something. | I have been studying English for 2 years. I have been studying English since 1997. |
Simple Past | Used to show a completed action | I studied English last Saturday. |
Past Progressive | Often used to say when something was being done or what was happening when something else happened | I was studying English last Monday when my friend rang. I was studying English at 5pm last Monday. |
Past Perfect Simple | The past of have done. Used to say when something was done by. | I had done my English homework by 6.30 pm last Saturday. I had done my English homework by the time I ate dinner last Saturday. |
Past Perfect Progressive | The past of have been. Used to show how long something was done for by a certain time. | I'd been doing my English homework for 30 minutes when my friend rang last Saturday. I'd been doing my English homework for 30 minutes by 1 pm last Saturday. |
Simple Future (Some uncertainty) | Decide to do something at the time of speaking | I think I'll do my English homework tonight. |
Simple Future (Certain) | Have already decided or arranged to do something | I am going to study English next Saturday. |
Future Progressive (Some uncertainty) | The English lesson should begin at 7.30 and end at 9.15, so the person should be studying at 7.30 (but the lesson might start late). | I will be starting my English lesson at 7.30 pm. | ||
Future Progressive (Certain) | The English lesson begins at 7.30 and ends at 9.15, so he's certain to be studying when his friend arrives at 8.00 | I am going to be studying English when my friends arrive at 9.00 pm. | ||
Future Perfect Simple | Used to say something will already be complete by a time. | I will have already done my English homework by the time I eat dinner on Saturday. |
Future Perfect Progressive | Used to say how long something will have been happening in the future by a certain time. | I will have been studying English for 30 minutes when my friends arrive. |