代词可分为八类：

1） 人称代词：具有主格（I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they）和宾格（me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them）两种形式。

2） 物主代词：包括形容词性物主代词（my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their）和名词性物主代词（mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs）两类。

3） 反身代词：myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself.

4） 相互代词：each other, one another.

5） 指示代词：this, that, these, those, it, such, same.

6） 疑问代词：who, whom, whose, which, what.

7） 关系代词：who, whom, whose, which, that, as.

8） 不定代词：some, something, somebody, someone, any, anything, anybody, anyone, no, nothing, nobody, no one, every, everything, everybody, everyone, each, much, many, little, a little, few, a few, other, another, all, none, one, both, either, neither.