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Pronoun Worksheet
A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. It refers to a person, place, thing, feeling, or quality but
does not refer to it by its name. There are eight different types of pronouns. They are Relative,
Antecedent, Demonstrative, Intensive, Indefinite, Interrogative, Object, and Reflexive.
Relative Pronouns
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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause
A relative pronoun also relates to the word that it modifies
There are 5 relative pronouns, they are who, whom, whose, which, and that
The person who phoned me last night is my teacher.
Who = the relative pronoun
Antecedents
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An antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
The girl combed her own hair.
You know to use her as the pronoun because it "refers back to" or "agrees with" the earlier word
girl.
Demonstrative Pronouns
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These are pronouns that point to specific things
Some examples of demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, those
That smells delicious.
That = demonstrative pronoun
Intensive Pronouns
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Intensive pronouns emphasizes a noun or another pronoun within the same sentence
They are not necessary to the meaning of the sentence
You yourself have overcome many hardships.
Yourself = Intensive pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
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An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea
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They often do not have antecedents
Nothing lasts forever.
Nothing = Indefinite pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns
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An interrogative pronoun is used to introduce a question
The interrogative pronouns are who, whom, what, which, and whose
Whose cup is this?
Whose = Interrogative pronoun
Object Pronouns
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An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a
preposition
Direct Object
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The pronoun receives the action of a verb and answers whom or what
Scare whom
Bad storms scare me.
Direct Object
Indirect Object
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The pronoun tells to whom or what of for whom or what an action is performed
To Whom
Direct Object
Give me an explanation of how hurricanes form.
Indirect Object
Object of a preposition
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The pronoun follows a preposition (such as to, from, for, against, by, or about)
When he sees big storms, he runs from them.
Preposition
Object
Reflexive Pronouns
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A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the
subject
Reflexive pronouns are necessary to the meaning of the sentence
Ben Carson dedicated himself to becoming a doctor.
Himself = Reflexive Pronouns