Download Pronoun Types

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Slide 3: Pronoun Purpose
Slide 4: Personal & Possessive
Slide 5: Indefinite & Relative
Slide 6: Demonstrative & Interrogative
Slide 7: Reflexive & Intensive
Slide 8: Reciprocal
Slide 9: Attributes
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The purpose of the pronoun is to replace its
antecedent (the noun the pronoun is replacing).
Example: Mrs. Nelson gave herself a foot
massage after a long, hard day.
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The pronoun, herself, replaces Mrs. Nelson’s name,
so Mrs. Nelson is the antecedent.
There are many types of pronouns. This
slideshow will outline them and demonstrate
how to use the types appropriately.
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These pronouns are
used as subjects &
objects:
I, me, we, us, they,
them, he, him, she,
her, it
Example: I (subject)
want you (object) to
give the book to him
(object).
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These pronouns show
ownership:
My, mine, your,
yours, her, hers, his,
their, theirs, our, ours,
its
Example: My car is
red but yours is green.
THESE PRONOUNS DO
NOT TAKE THE PLACE
OF ANY SPECIFIC NOUN.
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Everybody
Anybody
Somebody
All
Each
Every
Some
None
One
No one
THESE PRONOUNS
RELATE GROUPS OF
WORDS TO OTHER
PRONOUNS.
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Who
Whoever
Which
That
Indefinite example:
Everyone is accounted for.
Relative example:
Whoever makes this shot
will be the team’s hero.
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This
That
These
Those
Demonstrative
pronouns identify—or
point to—nouns.
That is my pencil.
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Who
Whose
What
Which
Interrogative pronouns
introduce questions.
Whose pencil is that?
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Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Yourselves
Ourselves
Themselves
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Intensive pronouns
are used to emphasize
a subject. Ex. I, myself,
will drive home.
Reflexive pronouns
indicate that the
subject of a sentence
also receives the
action of the verb. Ex.
I told myself to
remain calm.
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Use these pronouns when 2 or more subjects
are acting in the same way toward the other.
Example: Tessa and Soren are talking to each
other.
Each other & one another are the only 2
reciprocal pronouns.
Only use reciprocal pronouns when 2 or more
people, things, or groups are doing the same
thing.
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