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LESSON 7 GRAMMAR LESSON:
PRONOUNS
WHAT ARE PRONOUNS
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Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns.
TYPES OF PRONOUNS
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Personal Pronouns- A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and
changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case.
Ex: 1st person - the one(s) speaking (I me my mine we us our ours)
2nd person - the one(s) spoken to (you your yours)
3rd person - the one(s) spoken about (he him his she her
hers it its they their theirs)
Objective Personal Pronouns- An objective personal pronoun indicates that the
pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive
phrase.
Ex: “Me," "you," "her," "him," "it," "us," "you," and "them.“
Possessive Personal Pronouns- A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is
acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or
person.
Ex: “Mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs.“.
CONTINUATION
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Demonstrative Pronouns- A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or
a pronoun.
Ex: “This," "that," "these," and "those.“
Interrogative Pronouns- An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions.
Ex: “Who," "whom," "which," "what“, whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and
"whatever.
Relative Pronouns- You can use a relative pronoun is used to link one phrase or
clause to another phrase or clause.
Ex: “Who," "whom," "that,“ "which, “whoever," "whomever," and "whichever”.
Indefinite Pronouns- An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun referring to an identifiable
but not specified person or thing.
Ex: “All," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody,"
"everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some,"
"somebody," and "someone."
CONTINUATION (PART 2)
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Reflexive Pronouns- You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of
the clause or sentence.
Ex: “Myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and
"themselves.“
Intensive Pronouns- An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasize its
antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.
EXAMPLES
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Examples are in order.
ACCREDIT- TO RECOGNIZE AS HAVING MET
OFFICIAL STANDARDS.
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He has the power to accredit all the banks in
the state.
CREDENCE- ACCEPTANCE AS TRUE OR VALID.
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Suzie Crabgrass told her not to give credence to
everything on the internet.
CREDENTIAL- A LETTER OR OTHER WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF A PERSON’S QUALIFICATIONS OR
STATUS.
 My son, Peter, lacks the credential for the job.
CREDIBILITY- THE QUALITY OF DESERVING
CONFIDENCE.
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This website would be a good example, of a
news source with very little credibility.
CREDITABLE- PRAISEWORTHY
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To whom, should I congratulate for this
creditable essay on the fine arts?
CREDULOUS- TENDING TO BELIEVE TOO READILY
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That gullible boy is very credulous.
CREED- ANY STATEMENT OR SYSTEM OF BELIEF
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Everyone in the college fraternity should follow
the fraternity's creed.
DISCREDIT- TO CAST DOUBT ON
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Many devoted Catholics discredited themselves
during the Renaissance.
INCREDIBLE- AMAZING
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I consider myself to be incredible.
MISCREANT- A PERSON WHO BEHAVES
DISORDERLY
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The miscreant got into a fight with the teacher.