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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 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 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 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 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 An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea They often do not have antecedents Nothing lasts forever. Nothing = Indefinite pronoun Interrogative Pronouns 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 An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition Direct Object The pronoun receives the action of a verb and answers whom or what Scare whom Bad storms scare me. Direct Object Indirect Object 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 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 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