1. (These/That) friends of mine are very reliable.
Answers
Explanation:
These
These friends of mine are very reliable.
Pronouns
Words that replace noun in a sentence are known as pronouns.
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Types of pronouns:-
- Personal pronouns
- Possessive pronouns
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Interrogative pronouns
- Relative pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Emphatic pronouns
- Reflexive pronouns
- Distributive pronouns
- Reciprocal pronouns
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✢ Personal pronouns:- Personal pronouns act as replacing words. They act as a subject or object.
Example:-
- I owe you ₹15,000.
- The vase is very beautiful. I bought it from Japan.
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✢ Possessive pronouns:- Possessive pronouns showcase belongingness.
Example:-
- This pen is mine.
- Is this graph yours?
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✢ Demonstrative pronouns:- Words that identify noun in a sentence, are known as demonstrative
pronouns.
Example:-
- Those flowers are mine.
- This is the most beautiful sculpture I've ever seen.
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✢ Interrogative pronouns:- Interrogative pronouns, that are used in place of nouns ask questions.
Example:-
- Whose book is this?
- Where do you live?
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✢ Relative pronouns:- Relative pronouns tell the relationship between different things. They also help in joining two statements together.
Example:-
- The boy, whom everyone liked, was elected as the headboy of our school.
- This is the vintage car which belongs to Rohit.
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✢ Indefinite pronouns:- Indefinite pronouns are words that are not definite and they do not specify anything.
Example:-
- All are looking good today.
- Neither you nor she will eat chocolate.
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✢ Reflexive pronouns:- When subject and object refers to a same person, its a reflexive pronoun.
Example:-
- I'm carrying my material myself.
- They will make their house themselves.
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✢ Emphatic pronouns:- These pronouns put emphasis on a particular noun.
Example:-
- They themselves realised their mistake.
- You yourself eat your food.
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✢ Distributive pronouns:- They refer to same person or object. They are always singular.
Example:-
- Each of you have to clean your room today.
- Neither of the girls are participating in dance.
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✢ Reciprocal pronouns:- It defines that act is being carried by two or more people, who will recieve smart action simultaneously.
Example:-
- Rita and Tina meet each other every week.
- We must help one another in difficult situations.
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