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Pronouns are words such as he, her, your, it and this used in place of nouns or noun phrases. They are of the following types. Personal pronouns stand for the speaker (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and the person, animal, place or thing that is neither the speaker not the spoken to (third person). In English, the personal pronouns used as subjects in sentences are I, we, you, he, she, they and it . The corresponding personal pronouns used as objects are me, us, you, him, her, them and it . Possessive pronouns are used in place of nouns with an apostrophe and -s, such as Suma's, to indicate the meaning of belonging or possession. They are mine, ours, yours, his, her and theirs . Examples are This is not Shireen's file. The bag is not Smita's; hers is larger. Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of a verb (or preposition) both refer to the same person, animal, place or thing, for example, myself, ourselves, yourself, ...

As we know, nouns are of different kinds: Proper nouns, for example, Ganesh, Skyview Towers, Nasik, Sunday, Deepawali. Common nouns, for example, parrot, doctor, hospital. Common nouns are countable, such as: bag, orange, shirt; and uncountable, such as rice and oil. Some countable nouns are concrete and represent people, things or activities that can be seen, touched or heard, for example rose, table. Other countable nouns are abstract and represent states, feeling or qualities, for example hope, ambition. Similarly, some uncountable nouns are concrete, for example, clothing, bread, while others are abstract, for example peace, pain. Collective nouns: for example, a team of players, a bouquet of flowers. Partitives, for example, loaf in 'a loaf/two loaves of bread', piece in 'a piece/some pieces of furniture/news/information'. The partitive noun 'pair' is used in front of some nouns that have only a plural form, for example a pair/many pairs of je...