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Pronouns
P1
A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence.
The noun it replaces is called the antecedent.
e.g.
After I picked up my check, I gave it to my husband.
Antecedent
P2
The noun that a pronoun replaces or refers to.
e.g. Harry went to church, but he didn’t stay for coffee.
Pronoun Cases
P3
There are three personal pronoun cases.
Nominative – the subject of a sentence
2. Objective – the object of the verb or preposition
3. Possessive – a possessive pronoun
1.
I
Nom.
gave
him
my
Obj.
Poss.
book.
Personal
Pronouns
P4
Take the place of a noun in a sentence.
Nominative
(as a subject)
Objective
(after the verb
or in a phrase)
Possessive
(shows
possession)
First Person
I
Me
My, Mine
Second Person
You
You
Your, Yours
Third Person
He, She, It
Him, Her, It
His, Her, Hers, Its
First Person
We
Us
Our, Ours
Second Person
You
You
Your, Yours
Third Person
They
Them
Their, Theirs
Singular
Plural
Indefinite
Pronouns
P5
Indefinite pronouns have no specific antecedent.
They refer to people or things understood by the
reader or listener.
Indefinite Pronouns
one
something
some
another
all
anyone
anything
somebody
each
several
someone
everything
everybody
each other
few
everyone
nothing
nobody
one another
both
no one
many
anybody
other
either
none
most
any
others
neither
Reflexive and
Intensive
Pronouns
P6
Formed by adding -self to singular pronoun
and -selves to a plural pronoun.
myself
yourself
herself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
himself
itself
Demonstrative
Pronouns
P7
Point out persons and things.
this
these
that
those
Three
Confusing
Pronouns
P8
Which do I really mean?
Possessive Pronoun
Contraction
(not pronouns)
Its
It’s = it is
Your
You’re = you are
Their
They’re = they are
Pronoun
Gender
P9
There are three genders:
Masculine
Feminine
Neutral
Nominative
he
she
it
Objective
him
her
it
Possessive
his
her, hers
its
Interrogative
Pronouns
P10
Introduce a question.
Who
Whom
Whose
refer to person(s)
What
refer to things, places, or ideas
Which
can refer to people or things
Relative
Pronouns
P11
Relative pronouns introduce clauses in sentences.
Who
Whom
Whose
refer to people
Which
What
refer to things
That
refers to things or people
Point of View
( Writing in First, Second
or Third Person)
P12
Point of view refers to who is “speaking” in
the writing. There are three “points of view.”
When you write, stay in one “point of view.”
Singular
Plural
First person
I, me, my, mine
we, us, our, ours
It’s all about me.
Second person
you, your, yours
you, your, yours
It’s all about you.
Third person
he, she, it, him,
her, its, this
they, them, theirs
It’s all about her.
Possessive
Pronouns and
Apostrophes
P13
Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes.
your
their
its
her
his
my
our
Don’t mix these up with other words that sound the
same but are spelled differently like:
your
you’re
its
it’s
these are contractions
their
they’re
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