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Everything You Need to Know About Pronouns
But Were Too Afraid to Ask!
A pronoun is a fun little part of speech; it is the stunt double of the language arts world. A
pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun when the noun is about to wear itself out. Let’s take a
little refresher course on pronouns!
I. A pronoun takes the place of a noun in the sentence. Pronouns function as the noun they replace.
Ex. Bob likes to eat pizza. He likes pepperoni. (The word he is replacing Bob).
II. The noun that is being replaced is called the antecedent.
Ex. Bob likes to eat pizza. He likes pepperoni. (Bob is the antecedent; it is replaced by he).
III. Pronouns in the subject of the sentence are called subject or nominative pronouns.
Ex. Bob likes to eat pizza. He likes pepperoni (He is a subject pronoun; it is replacing the subject Bob).
Your Nominative Pronouns: I, You, He, She, It, We, You (plural), They
IV. Pronouns in the predicate of the sentence are called object pronouns.
Ex. Bob loves olives and peppers. Bob eats them a lot. (them is an object pronoun; it replaces olives
and peppers).
Your Object Pronouns: Me, You, Him, Her, Us, You (plural), Them
V. Possessive Pronouns are used to show ownership; they are also called possessive pronoun
adjectives.
-There are two types of possessive pronouns: those used before the thing that the pronoun owns
and pronouns that are used along.
Ex. That is my book (my goes along with the word book).
That book is mine. (the possessive pronoun stands alone)
Used with the thing that the pronoun owns: My, Your, His, Her, Our, Your (plural), Their
Used Alone: Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Ours, Yours (plural), Theirs
VI. Where Personal pronouns refer to specific people and things, indefinite pronouns do not refer
to anything specific.
Ex. Everyone who meets Crystal is enchanted by her. (Everyone refers to an indefinite amount
of people.
“God bless this ship and all who sail on her.” (All refers to an indefinite amount of people).
Anyone
Anything
Anybody
Any
Everyone
Everything
Everybody
Every
Indefinite Pronouns
Someone
No one
Both
Something
Nothing
Many
Somebody
Nobody
Each
Some
None
Few
Several
Either
Much
Neither
One
VII. Reflexive Pronouns reflect the action back on the subject of the sentence.
Ex. Charlie asked himself if he really liked Marnie. (himself reflects back over the verb onto the subject
Charlie. Himself is a reflexive pronoun).
VIII. Intensive Pronouns come right after the antecedent and make the antecedent stronger.
Ex. Charlie himself would never sink that low. (himself is intensifying Charlie, making it stronger).
Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns: Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, Itself,
Themselves, Ourselves
*Never, EVER Theirselves, Theirself, Hisself
IX. Interrogative Pronouns are pronouns used to introduce an interrogative sentence.
Ex. Whose book is this? Which way did they go? Where is my left arm?
Common Interrogative Pronouns: Who, whom, when, where, whose, which, what
**Who is a subject pronoun; whom is an object pronoun.
X. Demonstrative Pronouns are pronouns that point things out. There are only four of them. A
demonstrative is usually followed by a linking verb.
Ex. This is my favorite book. That is Kennedy’s pencil.
Singular Close By: This
Plural Close By: These
Singular Far Away: That
Plural Far Away: Those