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Chapter 3, Lessons 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9
(featuring Nemo and his friends from “The Seas” attraction at EPCOT
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Chapter 3, Lesson 1, Page 58
What is a Pronoun?
 A pronoun is a word that is used in place of
a noun or another pronoun.
 A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing,
or idea.
 The word that a pronoun refers to is called its
antecedent.
Examples:
Ramon visited Death Valley, and he
was impressed.
Death Valley is mysterious. It is
silent.
Personal Pronouns
 Pronouns such as we, I, he, them, and it are
called personal pronouns.
 Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to
indicate different persons, numbers, and
cases.
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Personal Pronouns
Subject
Object
Possessive
Singular
First Person
I
Second Person you
me
you
my, mine
your, yours
Third Person
him, her, it
his, her, hers,
its
us
you
them
our, ours
your, yours
their, theirs
he, she, it
Plural
First person
we
Second Person you
Third Person
they
Dory says:
“Don’t forget:
there are NO
apostrophes
in a possessive
pronoun!”
Chapter 3, Lesson 4, Page 65
“Mine! Mine! Mine!”
What is a Possessive Pronoun?
 A possessive pronoun is a pronoun used to
show ownership or relationship.
 The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his,
its, our, and their come before nouns.
 The possessive pronouns mine, yours, hers,
his, ours, and theirs can stand alone in a
sentence.
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Possessive Pronouns
Singular
my, mine
your, yours
her, hers, his, its
Plural
our, ours
your, yours
their, theirs
Dory says:
“Don’t forget:
there are NO
apostrophes
in a possessive
pronoun!”
Chapter 3, Lesson 5, Page 68
What are Reflexive and Intensive
Pronouns?
 A pronoun that ends in self or selves is
either a reflexive or intensive pronoun.
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
myself
yourself
herself,
himself,
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
Reflexive Pronouns
 A reflexive pronoun refers back to the
subject and directs the action of the verb
back to the subject.
 Reflexive pronouns are necessary to the
meaning of the sentence – you need it so the
sentence makes sense.

Example – Houdini called himself a master
escape artist.
Intensive Pronouns
 An intensive pronoun emphasizes a
noun or another pronoun in the sentence.
 They are not necessary to the meaning of
the sentence – you can take them out and
the sentence will still make sense.

Example – I myself like to perform magic
tricks.
Chapter 3, Lesson 6, Page 70
Interrogative Pronouns
 An interrogative pronoun is used to
introduce a question.
 Examples:



Who made up this riddle?
Which riddle are you talking about?
What riddle book did you read?
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Using Interrogative Pronouns
Interrogative
Use
Pronoun
who, whom
refers to people
what
refers to things
which
refers to people or things
whose
indicates ownership or
relationship
Who vs. Whom
 Who is always the subject of the sentence. It
is the person doing the action.
 Whom is used as the person that is receiving
the action.
Demonstrative Pronouns
 A demonstrative pronoun points out a
person, place, thing, or idea.
 The demonstrative pronouns – this, that,
these, those – are used alone in a sentence.



This is Nemo and his father.
That is the ocean they live in.
Those are their friends.
Chapter 3, Lesson 8, Page 76
Indefinite Pronouns
 An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a
specific person, place, thing or idea.
 Indefinite pronouns do not have
antecedents.

Examples:
 Something unusual is going on in Disney World.
 Some indefinite pronouns are always
singular, some are always plural, and some
can be either singular or plural.
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Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
Plural
Singular or
Plural
another
neither
both
all
anybody
nobody
few
any
anyone
no one
many
most
anything
nothing
several
none
each
one
either
somebody
everybody
someone
everyone
something
everything
some
Any
pronoun
containing
one, thing
or body is
SINGULAR.
Singular Indefinite Pronouns
 Use a singular personal pronoun to refer
to a singular indefinite pronoun.
 Example:

Everyone took his or her camera.
Plural Indefinite Pronouns
 Use a plural personal pronoun to refer to
a plural indefinite pronoun.
 Example:

Several reported their sightings of the monster.
Singular or Plural Indefinite
Pronouns
 Some indefinite pronouns can be singular or
plural.
 The phrase that follows the indefinite
pronoun will often tell you whether the
pronoun is singular or plural.

Example: Most of the monster story has its
origin in fantasy.
Dory says:
“Don’t forget:
there are NO
apostrophes
in a possessive
pronoun!”
Remember:
You will
have a test
on
pronouns
on Friday,
October
15th!