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They were the first.
It's five o'clock.
4. Object
How many apples has he eaten? He's eaten three.
Show me those two, please.
Note
Intensive pronouns do not substitute nouns, but intensify their meaning.
You must make that choice yourself.
Andrew repaired the bike himself.
We want to go there ourselves.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns point to a certain object or person that can be either near or far in distance or time.
Note
1) Attribute
This situation is incredible.
We met that man on the station.
Would you quit your job under these circumstances?
Those shoes were so cute!
That girl has such a voice!
Such rules usually take effect.
They work at the same department.
Why are you asking me the very same questions?
It's possible to use demonstrative pronouns before the word one.
These apples are sweeter than those ones.
Andrew is an intelligent young man. Yes, he is such one.
That's the same one I've been looking for!
The demostrative pronoun may be positioned before the adjective that refers to the same noun.
This pretty girl is my sister.
What are these strange conclusions?
It's such a wonderful life.
It's always the same old story.
2) The demonstrative pronoun can also be used in place of nouns.
– Subject
This must not continue.
Those were the days.
– Object
Will you take this?
Don't tell them that.
Andrew can't work with those.
some
– statements
I need some information about language courses.
Some of the m istakes were silly.
– offers and suggestions
Would you like some tea?
Shall I bring some refreshments?
– requests
Where can I get some paper?
Could you give us some examples?
any
– negative sentences
Olivia didn't know any of them.
It doesn't make any sense.
– questions
Have you got any questions?
Did any of Andrew's friends call him?
– if-clauses
I can lend her my cell phone if there's any need.
If you come across any problems, please, report us.
– statements
Contact any of our assistants.
Any answer will do.
Somebody phoned you ten minutes ago.
Would you like something to eat?
Can we take something to make notes on?
You may invite anyone.
Are they waiting for anybody?
Andrew has not found anything.
each
– only with countable nouns
– refers to two or more things or persons that should be regarded separately and individually
There were cars parked on each side of the street.
She kissed each of her children.
– agrees with a singular verb
There are four apartments in our building. Each of the apartments has its private entrance.
Each item was checked.
– However, if the pronoun each follows the plural subject, it agrees with the plural verb.
They each do their share of work.
I have two people in the office and we each have our own email.
every
– only with countable nouns
– refers either to indefinite number of things/persons or to a group of things/persons considered as a whole.
We could see every star in the night sky.
Every player in the team should cooperate.
– with modifiers such as nearly, almost, practically
Olivia knows almost every neighbour.
Practically every problem has practical solutions.
– with time words such as minute, hour, day
There's a bus every ten minutes.
Every morning Andrew goes jogging in the park.
– makes compound pronouns with – body, – one, – thing
Everybody likes presents.
They invited everyone but James and Karen.
Everything's done by computer nowadays.
Note
the pronoun everyone differs from the word combination every one.
Everyone is a synonym to everybody and refers only to persons.
Everyone enjoyed the movie.
Every one is a synonym to each one and refers both to persons and things.
He watched a lot of movies and enjoyed every one.