Question

Identify the kind of pronoun used in the sentence.
It is very cold today.
A. Personal pronoun
B. Impersonal pronoun
C. Interrogative pronoun
D. Possessive pronoun

Answer 1

Hint: A pronoun is a word that is replaced by a noun in a sentence instead of repeating the noun again and again. Similarly, there are 8 types of pronouns that are used in English grammar. For Examples- It, mine, yours, their, his, her, him etc. They all carry a specific meaning in a sentence. Therefore, without a pronoun, a sentence is incomplete.

Complete answer:
There are in total 8 types of pronouns such as, personal/impersonal pronoun, possessive pronoun, reflexive pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, relative pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, interrogative pronoun and indefinite pronoun. The usage of each pronoun is different and it is often used in the sentence to avoid the repetition of nouns.
Let us examine the given options to find the correct option.
> Personal Pronouns: Personal pronouns are used to replace people, places or things. Examples of personal pronouns include: I, we, it, they, you, and she. Hence, option a is an incorrect option.
> Impersonal pronouns: Impersonal pronouns are used when we talk about people in general or for unspecified objects. For example, it. ‘It’ is the most commonly used pronoun and refers to many unspecified subjects. For example: It is amazing! Here, we do not know the subject. Similarly, the above sentence has the pronoun it. ‘It is very cold today’ here, we are unaware of the subject. Hence, this is the correct option.
> Interrogative pronoun: Interrogative pronouns ask questions in the sentence. For example: What, who, which etc.
> Possessive Pronouns: Possessive pronouns are used instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repetition. For example: mine, yours, hers, his etc.

Hence, option B is correct.

Note: Many times, personal pronouns are confused with impersonal pronouns. However, personal pronouns talk about a particular person, like ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’. And, impersonal pronouns only include it.