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Pronoun & Antecedent 0Pronoun 0 Definition: a word used to take the place of a noun. 0Antecedent 0 Definition: the noun/word that the pronoun replaces. Personal Pronouns 0 Pronouns that refer to the person speaking (1st), the person spoken to (2nd), or the person, place, or thing being spoken about (3rd). 1st Person Singular I, me, my, mine Plural us, we, our, ours 2nd Person 3rd Person you, your, yours he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its you, your, yours, y’all, y’alls they, them, their, theirs 0 Example: I did not like your dad when he called me a bad influence on you! Possessive Personal Pronouns 0 Personal pronouns that show ownership or possession. 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular my, mine your, yours his, her, hers, its Plural our, ours your, yours, y’alls their, theirs 0 Example: Give us back our trophy! 0 Example: His conscience was bothering him after he lied to his mom. Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns 0 End in “self” or “selves” 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular myself yourself himself, herself, itself Plural ourselves yourselves themselves Reflexive or Intensive? 0 Reflexive Definition: Adds information to the sentence by pointing back to a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence. 0 Example: Tom fixed himself a bedtime snack. 0 Intensive Definition: Simply adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence. 0 Example: Mom fixed the car herself. Relative Pronouns 0 Pronouns that begin a subordinate clause (group of words with a subject and verb that could not be a sentence on it’s own) and connects it to another idea in the sentence. Relative Pronouns that, which, who, whom, whose 0 Example: Here is the girl whom I want you to meet. 0 Example: The assignment, which was very easy, was fun! 0 Example: Where is the picture that you painted? Demonstrative Pronouns 0 Pronouns that direct attention to specific people, places, or things. Demonstrative Pronouns Singular this, that Plural these, those 0 Example: Is this the cookie you wanted? 0 Example: Those children are very mean. 0 Example: This is my first day of school. Interrogative Pronouns 0 Pronouns used to begin a question. 0 Not all pronouns used in questions are interrogative pronouns Interrogative Pronouns what, which, who, whom, whose 0 Example: Who told you the secret? 0 Example: Whom did you meet at the White House? 0 Example: Which of the essays is yours? Indefinite Pronouns 0 Pronouns that refer to people, places, or things that are often not specific. 0 Remember not to use the word “one” as a number Indefinite Pronouns Singular another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something Plural both, few, many, others, several Singular or Plural all, any, more, most, none, some 0 Example: None of the kids had much to eat. 0 Example: Give all of the tickets to everyone in the streets Sources 0 Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar: Grammar Exercise Workbook 9 0 Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar: Grammar Exercise Workbook 10