Uses of Pronoun ‘It’

 

The pronoun ‘it’ is used

1) For a young child; as,

•    That baby broke its toy.

2) For lifeless things; as,

•   There is a stone; throw it away.

3) For animal; as,

•    The cat is licking its paw.

4) For weather or time; as,

•    It’s seven o’clock.
•    It is summer.

5) For referring something which was explained before; as,

•    To buy this product conditions are applicable; and he knows it.

6) For standing for no noun and can be supplied from the verb; as,

•    It rains. (The rain rains.)

7) For temporary subject; as,

•    It is difficult to solve that example. (To solve that example is difficult.)

8) For emphasizing the noun or pronoun; as,

•    It was you who tore the register.