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Pronouns

Pronouns. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The noun the pronoun replaces or refers to is called the antecedent. Personal Pronouns. Three groups First person Second person Third person. First Person Pronouns. This is the person speaking:

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Pronouns

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  1. Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The noun the pronoun replaces or refers to is called the antecedent.

  2. Personal Pronouns • Three groups • First person • Second person • Third person

  3. First Person Pronouns • This is the person speaking: • Singular: I, me, my, mine • Plural: we, us, our, ours Example: Mr. Victor often says that he wants all of us to try and do our very best.

  4. Second Person Pronouns • The person spoken to: • Singular: you, your, yours • Plural: you, your, yours Example: The waiter asked, “Would you like to take home your leftovers?”

  5. Third Person Pronouns • The person or thing spoken about: • Singular: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its • Plural: they, them, their, theirs Example: Didn’t Mr. Victor get one of his degrees from Florida State University?

  6. Reflexive or Intensive Pronouns • These pronouns are created by adding -self or –selves to some personal pronouns. Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves Example: Mrs. Herbert excused herself from the meeting because she had to go pick up her children.

  7. Indefinite Pronouns • These pronouns refer to unnamed people or things and do not have definite antecedents like personal pronouns (you is sometimes an indefinite pronoun as the first word in a sentence all both few no one each many any either Example: No one knew the answer, but a few tried. You must explain it to me.

  8. Demonstrative Pronouns • These pronouns are used to point out specific people, places or things. this that these those Example: When someone shouted out, “She’s Fat,” the teacher said, “Please do not use comments like those in my room.”

  9. Interrogative Pronouns • These pronouns are used to ask questions. what which who whose whom Example: Who is going to become this week’s “Student of the Week?”

  10. Relative Pronouns • These pronouns relate a noun or adjective clause to its antecedent. who whom whose which that Example: Mr. Victor, who is tall and scary, speaks with a very loud voice.

  11. Reciprocal Pronouns • These pronouns refer to individual parts of a plural antecedent. each other one another Example: Julie and Stacy were friends last week, and now they are spreading rumors about each other.

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