List of Pronouns in English - All Pronouns Exercises and Examples

Pronouns - Exercises

These exercises focus on pronouns

What Are Pronouns?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. For example:

✔ Without a pronoun:

Lisa is a teacher. Lisa loves her students.

✔ With a pronoun:

Lisa is a teacher. She loves her students.

Pronouns help make sentences shorter and easier to understand.

Illustration of List of Pronouns in English

Types of Pronouns (With Examples)

Here is a pronouns table that categorizes all English pronouns:

Type	Pronouns List	Examples
Personal Pronouns (Subject)	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	She is my friend.
Personal Pronouns (Object)	me, you, him, her, it, us, them	They gave it to me.
Possessive Pronouns	mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs	This book is mine.
Reflexive Pronouns	myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves	I did it myself.
Demonstrative Pronouns	this, that, these, those	This is my car.
Interrogative Pronouns	who, whom, whose, which, what	What is your name?
Relative Pronouns	who, whom, whose, which, that	The man who called you is my brother.
Indefinite Pronouns	someone, anyone, nobody, everything, both, few, many	Someone is at the door.
Reciprocal Pronouns	each other, one another	They love each other.

Personal Pronouns (Subject & Object)

Personal pronouns are divided into subject and object forms.

✔ Subject Pronouns: Used as the subject of a sentence.
✔ Object Pronouns: Used as the object of a verb or preposition.

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Example Sentence
I	me	I love chocolate. / She gave me a gift.
You	you	You are my best friend. / I called you yesterday.
He	him	He is a doctor. / I saw him at the mall.
She	her	She likes coffee. / Give her the book.
It	it	It is raining. / I found it on the table.
We	us	We are going home. / They invited us to the party.
They	them	They are my classmates. / I met them at school.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns show ownership and replace possessive nouns.

Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun	Example Sentence
my	mine	This is my bag. → This bag is mine.
your	yours	Is this your book? → Is this book yours?
his	his	This is his jacket. → This jacket is his.
her	hers	That is her house. → That house is hers.
its	its	The cat loves its toy. (No possessive pronoun for "it")
our	ours	This is our classroom. → This classroom is ours.
their	theirs	That is their car. → That car is theirs.

✅ Key rule: Possessive pronouns never need a noun after them.

❌ This is mine book.
✅ This book is mine.

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.

Pronoun	Example Sentence
myself	I cut myself while cooking.
yourself	Did you enjoy yourself?
himself	He hurt himself playing football.
herself	She made the dress herself.
itself	The dog scratched itself.
ourselves	We enjoyed ourselves at the party.
yourselves	You should introduce yourselves.
themselves	They built the house themselves.

❌ Common Mistake: He looked at him in the mirror. (Incorrect)
✅ Correct: He looked at himself in the mirror.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns point to specific things.

Singular	Plural	Example Sentence
this	these	This is my book. / These are my books.
that	those	That is your pen. / Those are your pens.

✔ "This" and "these" refer to nearby things.
✔ "That" and "those" refer to farther things.

Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns ask questions.

Pronoun	Example Sentence
who	Who is calling?
whom	Whom did you invite?
whose	Whose bag is this?
which	Which dress do you like?
what	What is your favorite color?

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses to give more information about a noun.

Pronoun	Example Sentence
who	The teacher who helped me was kind.
whom	The woman whom I met was nice.
whose	The boy whose bike was stolen is sad.
which	The book which you lent me is interesting.
that	The dress that she wore was beautiful.

Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns refer to unspecified people or things.

People	Things
someone, anyone, no one, everyone	something, anything, nothing, everything
somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody

✔ Examples:

Someone is knocking on the door.
I don’t have anything to eat.

Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal pronouns show mutual actions between people.

Pronoun	Example Sentence
each other	They love each other.
one another	The two teams respect one another.

✔ Use "each other" for two people.
✔ Use "one another" for more than two people.

FAQs about Pronouns

What are the types of pronouns?

There are 8 types of pronouns: personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite, and reciprocal pronouns.

What is a list of all pronouns in English?

The pronouns list includes: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them, mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs, myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, this, that, these, those, who, whom, whose, which, what, someone, anyone, nobody, everybody, each other, one another.

Is "they themselves" grammatically correct?

Yes! Example: They themselves completed the project.