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There are many types of pronouns! Personal Interrogative Demonstrative Relative Indefinite Reflexive Personal Pronouns There are three different types of personal pronouns; possessive, subjective and objective. *The subjective personal pronoun acts as the SUBJECT of the sentence.* ~The objective personal pronoun acts as the object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.~ Subjective Personal Pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, they Objective Personal Pronouns: Me, you, her, him, it, us, them Orange arrows = subject pronouns Yellow arrows = object pronouns Examples of subject & object pronouns: Zeus lived atop Mount Olympus, and he was the god of the heavens and earth. Zeus was the ruler of weather and giver of justice. He was married to the goddess Hera. Despite being married to her, Zeus had many affairs. Zeus’s affairs with goddesses and mortals made her jealous. Possessive Personal Pronouns Indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular thing or person. Possessive Personal Pronouns: My, your, his, her, our, their Mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs (use when you drop the noun of the possession) Possessive examples: Zeus ruled over all with his lightning and thunderbolts. His symbols were the sharp-eyed eagle and the mighty oak tree. As a mother, Hera chose the cow as her symbol. As a queen, she used the splendor of the peacock to remind mortals of her power. Reflexive Pronouns: Reflexive Pronouns Used when the action of the subject goes back to the subject. The subject is the same as the object. Always ends in self. Myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Reflexive examples: Zeus could not help himself when it came to having affairs. Hera could not stop herself from being jealous about the affairs. We must educate ourselves about Greek Mythology. Relative Pronouns: Relative Pronouns Used to join two sentences about the same person or thing. who, which, that, whom, whose Possessive examples: Poseidon was the god of the sea and earthquakes whose brother was Zeus. Poseidon’s symbols include a trident, which is a three pronged spear. Poseidon was Zeus’s brother who lived mainly in an underwater kingdom.