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Why Use Pronouns?
Pronouns stand in for nouns, so you don’t have
to repeat yourself.
Restate the following sentence as if you were
Jacob:
Jacob broke the window when Jacob hit the
baseball with Jacob’s bat.
I broke the window when I hit the baseball with
my bat.
3 Kinds of Personal Pronouns:
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Singular
I, me, my, mine
Plural
we, us, our, ours
you, your, yours you, your, yours
he, him, his
she, her, hers
it, its
they, them, their,
theirs
After you have filled in your shapes, flip to the back of each shape
and write a sentence using at least 2 pronouns from inside the
shape. Share these with a friend.
Identify the personal pronoun.
When I turned on the lie detector, it told me it
had a headache.
“I can’t believe you ate thirty-nine kumquats,”
said Tom to his brother.
Gertrude threw the banana cream pie at the
judge, but she later apologized.
Alvin asked Tim to loan him his skateboard, but
Tim said, “Buy your own!”
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are pronouns which end with
the suffix –self or –selves
These pronouns name a person or thing that
receives an action when that same person or
thing is the one performing the action
Example: We laughed at ourselves.
Write your own example and share it with the class.
myself oneself himself herself itself
yourself yourselves ourselves themselves
Use a reflexive pronoun for each sentence.
Miss Apple always says to the class,
“Behave________ out there!”
Beatrice considers _______ the roller blade champion
of Junction City.
If you worry _______ about the world too much, you
will tie _________ in knots.
The tornado blew ____ out before it reached Kansas.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns help you demonstrate
by pointing out a person, place, or thing
There are only four: this, that, these, those
This and these point to what is nearby
That and those point to what is farther away
DEMONSTRATIVE
Pronouns
this
that
these
those
NEARBY
FARTHER
AWAY
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or
things in a general way.
When an indefinite pronoun is the subject of a
sentence, the verb must agree in number with
the pronoun.
Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
anybody
anything
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
much
neither
nobody
no one
nothing
one
other
someone
somebody
something
Plural
Singular or
Plural
both
few
many
others
several
all
any
more
most
none
some
Remember
Indefinite pronouns that are singular are used
with singular verbs.
Everyone is smart.
Indefinite pronouns that are always plural are
used with plural verbs.
Many of my presents are hidden beneath the bed.
I-Try
Write a sentence using a singular indefinite
pronoun.
Write a sentence using a plural indefinite
pronoun.
Interrogative Pronouns
a pronoun used in order to ask a question
often it has no antecedent because the
antecedent is unknown
Interrogative Pronouns- Example
What did you say?
Who said that?
Possessive Pronouns
Use possessive forms of personal pronouns to
show ownership
Some possessive pronouns come before nouns
I left my homework on the bus.
Other possessive pronouns are used by
themselves to show ownership. These pronouns
do not come before nouns.
These diamonds are mine.
Possessive Pronouns
Used Before
Used by Themselves
Nouns
my
its
mine
its
your
our yours
ours
his
their his
theirs
her
hers
Antecedents
Antecedent = the noun that the pronoun stands
in for
In the following sentences, first identify the
pronoun. Then identify the antecedent.
This is the pen he used to write the note.
The bat built its home in our attic.
Was that the road we were supposed to take?
A Common Pronoun Dilemma . . .
Singular or Plural??
Singular pronouns only replace singular nouns

Kathy broke the vase. She was guilty!
Plural pronouns only replace plural nouns

Mark and Kathy were playing ball in the house. They
disobeyed the rules!
Another Common
Pronoun Dilemma . . .
I or me?? – when there are more than one person
involved:
I will always be the subject – doing the action.

Tom and I played chess last week.
Me will always be the noun receiving the action.

Catherine let Tom and me play chess at her house.
Check your answer by taking out the other person’s
name and reading the sentence with just the
pronoun to see if it’s correct!