Types of Pronouns Quiz: Test Yourself with Real Sentences
This quiz helps you practice the types of pronouns and choose the right form in real sentences-subject, object, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive, and relative. See your mistakes explained as you go, then build broader skills with our parts of speech quiz and sharpen sentence sense in the subject and predicate quiz. Want more grammar drill? Try the fast, focused verb quiz.
Study Outcomes
- Identify Different Types of Pronouns -
After taking the quiz, you will be able to name and explain the primary categories of pronouns, including personal, demonstrative, possessive, subject, and object pronouns.
- Distinguish Object and Subject Pronouns -
You will learn to differentiate between subject and object pronouns in sentences, ensuring you can choose the correct form based on grammatical function.
- Define Demonstrative Pronouns -
You will understand what demonstrative pronouns are and how to use words like "this," "that," "these," and "those" to point out specific nouns.
- Recognize Personal and Possessive Pronouns -
You will sharpen your ability to identify personal and possessive pronouns and understand their role in indicating ownership and perspective.
- Categorize Pronouns in Context -
You will practice sorting pronouns into their correct categories, reinforcing your knowledge of different types of pronouns in real sentences.
- Apply Pronouns Correctly in Writing -
You will boost your grammar confidence by applying the right pronoun type in your own sentences, reducing common errors and improving clarity.
Cheat Sheet
- Personal and Possessive Pronouns -
When studying different types of pronouns, you'll first meet personal pronouns like "I," "you," and "they" which stand in for nouns, and their possessive counterparts - "mine," "yours," and "theirs" - which show ownership. The mnemonic "My Mine" clarifies that "my" is a possessive adjective while "mine" is a pronoun (Cambridge University Press). Practice with sentences like "This pen is mine" vs. "This is my pen" to reinforce the distinction.
- Subject and Object Pronouns -
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they) act as the doer of an action, whereas object pronouns (me, you, him, her, us, them) receive the action. A quick self-test is to reduce a phrase to "between you and me," since "me" sounds correct instead of "I," echoing the rule from Purdue OWL. Regular practice swapping "him" and "he" in simple sentences builds grammatical confidence (University of Oxford).
- Demonstrative Pronouns -
When you ask "what are demonstrative pronouns?" you're referring to words like this, that, these, and those, which point to specific items in space or discourse. Use the near-far mnemonic: this/these for items close by and that/those for items farther away (Oxford Dictionary). Challenge yourself by describing objects around you using each demonstrative pronoun in context.
- Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns -
Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, themselves) refer back to the subject when the subject and object are the same, as in "She taught herself." Intensive pronouns use the same words but add emphasis, like "I carried out the task myself." To remember the difference, note that reflexive pronouns are required for clarity in self-directed actions, whereas intensive ones are optional for emphasis (Grammarly Handbook).
- Relative and Interrogative Pronouns -
Relative pronouns (who, whom, which, that, whose) connect clauses and introduce more information, such as "The student who studied aced the quiz." Interrogative pronouns (who, what, which) begin questions, for example, "Which pronoun fits here?" Distinguish "who" vs. "whom" by checking whether the pronoun acts as a subject (use who) or object (use whom) - if you can replace it with "him" or "her," choose "whom" (Purdue OWL).