Pronouns

• a word that takes the place of a noun

• Examples:

1. John opened the door for his mother

2. Everyone is going to the dance on Friday.

3. Who will be the next American Idol?

IT

THEY

HE

THOSE

Types of Pronouns• Personal (nominative and objective)

• demonstrative

• relative

• interrogative

• indefinite

INTRO WITH TIM AND MOBY

PERSONAL PRONOUNS--Most common type

-- Refer to people or things.

Gender = male, female, or neutralCase = nominative, objective, or possessive

Number = singular or plural

Subject (or Nominative) Case

--Used as the subject of a sentence.She is my best friend.

It is my dog.

Write your own example.

Underline the Nominative Pronoun.

Objective Case--NEVER used as the subject of the sentence.--Used as the direct/indirect object or the

object of a preposition.

Give the book to me.The teacher gave her a reprimand.

Write your own example.Underline the objective pronoun.

Nominative & Objective Pronouns

Singular PluralI _____

_____ you

he, she, it _____

Subject (nominative) Pronouns

____ us

you you

him, her, it _____

Objective Pronouns

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

Antecedent• the noun that the pronoun refers to

• EXAMPLES:

My father opened his birthday present.

The dog ran after its ball.

Jennifer misses her friend Misty.

Possessive Pronouns A possessive pronoun is a

pronoun that shows who or what has something. It may take the

place of a possessive noun.

Read the following sentences. Notice the possessive nouns and the

possessive pronouns that replace them. Continue

Possessive Pronouns--Show ownership

Homer’s story is famous. His story is famous.

This story is Homer’s. This story is his.

**Their is always possessive!

Example: Their stories are always hilarious.

Write each sentence, and label each possessive pronoun (poss pron).

1. Pirates sail the seven seas and proudly fly their jolly roger.

2. One of my favorite movies is Pirates of the Caribbean.

3. When I grow up, I want to have a treasure of my own.

4. Does every pirate wear a patch over his eye?

***Remember their number***

• 1st Person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours

• 2nd Person: you, your, yours

• 3rd Person: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it its, they, them, their, theirs

Demonstrative Pronouns

• points out a specific person, place, or thing

• this, that, these, those

• Please board that ship.• Is this the movie set?• Look at all of those

pirates!• Where do those

parrots sleep at night?

Relative Pronouns• begins a dependent

(subordinate) clause and connects it to another idea in the same sentence

• that, which, who, whom, whose

• Here is the telescope that you dropped.

• You can see the island which has the treasure.

• There is the monkey who has the map!

• Is that the same pirate whom we saw earlier?

• He is the one whose monkey we need.

Interrogative Pronouns• used to ask a question• what, which, who,

whom, whose

• What did that monkey just grab?

• Which patch will you wear over your eye today?

• Who let the parrot loose?

• To whom did you speak?

• Whose island is this?

Indefinite Pronouns

• refer to people, places, or things without specifying which ones

• nonspecific

Indefinite Pronouns

• singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something

• plural: both, few, many, others, several• singular or plural: all, any, more, most, none,

some

EXAMPLES

• Everyone agrees that the parrot grabbed the key to the treasure chest.

• No one is brave enough to climb to the crow’s nest to retrieve it.

• All of the pirates are very angry.• Most want to just break open the old sea chest.• None of the pirates knew the chest was haunted by

Long John Silver.