Lexis - Pronouns and Determiners

Pronoun

Takes the place of a noun

Personal pronouns

Replace names of people referred to in the sentence

Give the singular personal pronouns

First person - I

Second person - you

Third person - he, she, it

Give the plural personal pronouns

First person - we

Second person - you

Third person - they

Interrogative pronouns

Used to ask questions in a sentence

Give the interrogative pronouns

Which, what, who, whose, when, where, why

Demonstrative pronouns

‘pointing’ pronouns

Give the demonstrative pronouns

This, there, that

Reflexive pronouns

Used when agent is also the object of the verb e.g. I am teaching myself piano.

Relative pronouns

Used at beginning of a relative subordinate clause or a clause which adds additional information to the noun.

Give the relative pronouns.

Who, whom, whose, which, that. E.g. our friend, who is a fireman, is very brave.

Indefinite pronouns

These pronouns do not specify, they are very open.

Give some indefinite pronouns

Something, anything, someone, everyone, some, any

Possessive pronouns

Specify ownership

Give some possessive pronouns

Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

Determiner

Comes before the noun to determine something about the noun

Definite article

The

Indefinite article

A, an

Numerals

One, two, three etc.

Possessive determiner

Occurs before a noun to signify possession or ownership e.g. my dress

Difference between possessive determiner and pronoun

Possessive determiner will come before a noun, while the possessive pronouns replaces it