Types of Pronouns Explained (Personal, Possessive, Reflexive & More!)

Rose Sensei
Oct 23
3 min read

Updated: Nov 2

Ever said sentences like “She loves her cat” or “They made it themselves”?

Then congratulations — you’ve already used pronouns!

Pronouns are the small but mighty words that make our English sound smooth and natural. Instead of repeating names or things all the time, we use pronouns to replace them.

Let’s explore the main types of pronouns — with simple examples, explanations, and a fun mini quiz at the end! 💫

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Want to know more about Nouns?

👉A Complete Guide to Types Of Nouns in English

Types of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns

🧍‍♀️Personal pronouns replace the name of a person or thing.

👉 We use them as:

Subjects (who does the action)
Objects (who receives the action)

Subject	Object
I	me
you	you
he	him
she	her
it	it
we	us
they	them

💬 Examples:

She loves coffee.
Tom invited us to his party.
They are learning English online.

✨ Tip: Never say “Me go to school” — it should be “I go to school.”

2. Possessive Pronouns

👜 These show ownership or possession — who something belongs to.

Adjective (before a noun)	Pronoun (alone)
my	mine
your	yours
his	his
her	hers
its	—
our	ours
their	theirs

💬 Examples:

This is my book. → This book is mine.
That’s their house. → The house is theirs.

💡 Remember: We don’t say “This is my book is.” ❌ Just “This is my book.” ✅

3. Reflexive Pronouns

🪞We use reflexive pronouns when the subject and object are the same person.

Reflexive Pronouns

myself

yourself

himself

herself

itself

ourselves

yourselves

themselves

💬 Examples:

I made this cake myself! 🎂
She looked at herself in the mirror.
They introduced themselves at the meeting.

✨ Tip: Don’t use a reflexive pronoun unless the action “goes back” to the doer.

4. Reciprocal Pronouns

💞 Used when two or more people do the same thing to each other.

Reciprocal Pronouns

each other

one another

💬 Examples:

They love each other. ❤️
We helped one another during the project.

5. Interrogative Pronouns

❓These are used to ask questions.

Pronoun	Use
who	person (subject)
whom	person (object – more formal)
whose	possession
what	thing
which	choice

💬 Examples:

Who is calling?
What is your favourite movie? 🍿
Whose jacket is this?

6. Demonstrative Pronouns

🌈These point to specific things or people.

Singular	Plural
this	these
that	those

💬 Examples:

This is my phone.
Those are beautiful shoes! 👠

7. Indefinite Pronouns

🕵️‍♀️ These talk about people or things in a general way — not specific.

Examples

someone, anyone, everyone, no one

something, anything, everything, nothing

each, all, few, many, some, none

💬 Examples:

Someone left their bag here. 🎒
Many people love coffee. ☕
Nothing is impossible!

8. Relative Pronouns

💬 They connect clauses and give more information about a noun.

Pronoun	Use
who	people
which	things
that	people or things
whose	possession
whom	formal, object form of who

💬 Examples:

The woman who lives next door is friendly.
This is the bag that I bought yesterday. 👜

✨ Quick Recap Chart

Type	Example Sentence
Personal	She likes music.
Possessive	This pen is mine.
Reflexive	He cut himself.
Reciprocal	They smiled at each other.
Interrogative	Who is there?
Demonstrative	That is delicious.
Indefinite	Someone called you.
Relative	The book that I read was amazing.