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Pronouns
Take the place of one or
more nouns or pronouns.
Pronouns
A
pronoun takes the place of one or more
nouns.
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Tara spilled a jar of mayonnaise on my
mother and father.
She spilled it on them.
Pronoun
A
pronoun takes the place of other
pronouns.
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He and she came to my house yesterday.
They came to my house yesterday.
Pronouns
 Subjective
personal pronouns acts as the subject of
the sentence.
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I, you, he, she, it, we, they
You bought all the applesauce in the whole store.
 Objective
personal pronouns act as the object of a
verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.
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Me, you, her, him, it, us, them
Reggie threw me a bag of nachos.
Vinny and Lucy invited us to the play.
Izzy did their homework for them.
The piano was so out of tune that Jake begged Dad
not to play it.
Pronouns
 Demonstrative
pronouns replace one or more
nouns and indicates proximity (near or far).
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This is Pete’s science project.
Those are my shoes.
 Indefinite
pronouns do not refer to a specific noun
or pronoun.
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Everyone in this room loves to play Jenga.
Is anybody there?
Pancakes are the best, I would like another!
Pronouns
 Possessive
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pronouns show ownership or possession.
The computer is ours.
Sometimes Patty likes to take things that are mine not
hers.
 Interrogative
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pronouns are used to ask a question.
Who, whom, what, which, whose
What is your name?
Who is your favorite actor?
Pronouns
 Intensive
pronouns emphasize or
intensifies a noun or pronoun.
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Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself,
ourselves, yourselves, themselves
You yourself are the biggest goofball in the
world.
Yes I baked all those cookies myself.
Pronouns
 Reflexive
pronouns directs the action of the verb
back to the subject of the sentence.
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Myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves,
themselves
Roger looked at himself in the mirror.
We sang ourselves a song this morning.
 Relative
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pronouns introduce a subordinate clause.
That, which, who, whom, whose
My mother, who is a biologist, loves to scuba dive.
Geraldine prefers chocolate that tastes like
raspberries.