pronouns

PRONOUNS

HE, ONESELF, Somebody IT, They, I, That, My

Pronouns•A word that replaces a

noun.

Personal Pronouns•Personal pronouns refer to

the person you are talking about or to.

Personal Pronouns• 1st person- (must include me!)-

me, I , we, our, mine, my , ourselves• 2nd person- (person you are talking

to) you, your• 3rd person-(person you are talking

about)he, she, they, it, them, her, him,

Examples• 1-He 2-it• 3-she 4-I• 5-They 6-our• 7-My 8-you• 9-We 10-her

Subject Pronouns•Pronoun that can be used

as a subject in a sentence.Example: She went to the

store._____ ran down the street.

Subject examples• ____ ran down the street.

Answers

•She, He, They, I, We, It, You

Object Pronouns•A pronoun that can be used

as an object of a sentence.• The policeman ran after

________. (me, him, them, us, it, you, her)

Weird Pronouns• If you have a linking verb

in a sentence, you must use the SUBJECT pronoun.• I am she. We are they• It is he.

Possessive Pronouns•A pronoun that shows

ownership.• Example: _____ shirt.• (His, Her, My, Our, Their)• That shirt is _____(mine, his,

ours, theirs)

Possessive Pronouns• Possessive Pronouns DO NOT

have an apostrophe in them.• Examples: its food. Your mom• It’s=it is• You’re=you are

Examples

• (It’s, Its) my turn to read.• The dog is chasing (it’s, its) tail.• I want (you’re, your) food.• (You’re, your) answer is correct.• (You’re, your) not going to go.

Demonstrative Pronouns• This, these, that, those

• Example-That is my book.

Interrogative Pronoun•A pronoun used to

introduce a question.• Example: who, whom,

what, which, whose•What do you want to eat?

Who and Whom•Who is used as a subject• Example: Who is that?•Whom is used as an object• Example: To whom were

you speaking?

Indefinite Pronoun•A pronoun that does NOT

refer to a specific person, place, or thing• (anybody, somebody, many,

few, all, some, each, neither, everybody)

Indefinite pronouns

• Singular- one, neither, anybody anything, anyone, somebody, something, someone, everybody,• Example-Everybody depends on

his friends for help.• Plural-both, few, many, several

Indefinite Pronouns

• When you try to decide if the pronoun is singular or plural, mark out prepositional phrase.• Each of the classes took (its,

their) time.

Reflexive Pronoun• A reflexive pronoun refers

back to the subject.• Ex: My sister didn’t see herself

as a good student.• (ourselves, himself, itself,

myself, themselves)

Examples• 1. we 2. they 3. our• 4. you 5. I 6. she• 7. our 8. my 9. him• 10. your 11. them 12. it• 13. us 14.me 15. he