Question

Identify the type of underlined pronoun in the following sentence:
Why are you afraid of them?

• A. Interrogative pronoun
• B. Personal pronoun
• C. Possessive pronoun
• D. Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 1

The correct option is B Personal pronoun

There are different types of pronouns used in English grammar.

Demonstrative :These pronouns are used to demonstrate or indicate(this, that, these etc)

Interrogative: These pronouns are used in questions(who, which, what etc)

Possessive :Possessive pronouns are used to show possession(yours, mine, his, its etc)

Personal : They are used to refer to people or objects that we are speaking about. In case of people, there are different personal pronouns that can be used depending upon whether we are talking in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd person perspective.

'Them' in the given sentence is a personal pronoun and the correct answer is option B).

The other options are incorrect.