Pronouns

Pronouns are words that are used instead of nouns. I, you, he, she, it, we, they and them are some of the pronouns.

Examples :
• This basket has mangoes. The mangoes are sweet.
  Instead of repeating the name mangoes again and again, we can say,
  This basket has mangoes. They are sweet.
• Raj is in class 2, Raj likes doing sums. Raj likes to eat fruit salad.
  Instead of repeating the name. Raj again and again, we can say,
  Raj is in class 2. He likes doing sums. He likes to eat fruit salad.

At a glance

• Pronouns are used to avoid the repetition of nouns.
• They make our sentences short.

Use of pronouns make language impressive.

Some more pronouns are:

• I : We use I for ourselves
• You : We use you for the person we are speaking to
• he : he is used for a male person
• she : she for a female person
• we : we for a group that includes I
• they : they for a group that does not include I
• it : we use it for animal, place and thing