Pronouns Freshman. Lesson 1 Pronoun & Antecedent 0 Pronoun 0 Definition: a word used to take the...

PronounsFreshman

Lesson 1

Pronoun & Antecedent

0Pronoun0Definition: a word used to take the place of a noun.

0Antecedent0Definition: the noun/word that the pronoun

replaces.

Personal Pronouns0Pronouns that refer to the person speaking (1st), the person

spoken to (2nd), or the person, place, or thing being spoken about (3rd).

0Example: I did not like your dad when he called me a bad influence on you!

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person

Singular I, me, my, mine you, your, yourshe, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its

Plural us, we, our, oursyou, your, yours, y’all, y’alls

they, them, their, theirs

Possessive Personal Pronouns

0Personal pronouns that show ownership or possession.

0Example: Give us back our trophy!0Example: His conscience was bothering him after he

lied to his mom.

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person

Singular my, mine your, yours his, her, hers, its

Plural our, ours your, yours, y’alls

their, theirs

Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns

0End in “self” or “selves”

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person

Singular myself yourself himself, herself, itself

Plural ourselves yourselves themselves

Reflexive or Intensive?

0Reflexive Definition: Adds information to the sentence by pointing back to a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence.

0Example: Tom fixed himself a bedtime snack.

0 Intensive Definition: Simply adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence.

0Example: Mom fixed the car herself.

Practice

Personal Pronouns

Directions: Identify the personal pronouns & their antecedents in each sentence.

0Michael, are you going to eat all your food?0Since Lisa has a pool at her house, she is very popular. 0The dog scratched its ears for an hour straight!0Is that cookie yours?0Telling the twins Tina and Lucy apart is impossible

unless I memorize their clothes. 0The students all forgot to study for their quiz.0Jimmy left his wallet at home and was not able to buy

his girlfriend her dinner.

Lesson 14

Relative Pronouns

0Pronouns 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.

0Example: Here is the girl whom I want you to meet.0Example: The assignment, which was very easy, was

fun!0Example: Where is the picture that you painted?

Relative Pronouns

that, which, who, whom, whose

Extra

Demonstrative Pronouns

0Pronouns that direct attention to specific people, places, or things.

0Example: Is this the cookie you wanted?

0Example: Those children are very mean.

0Example: This is my first day of school.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Singular this, that

Plural these, those

Interrogative Pronouns

0Pronouns used to begin a question.0Not all pronouns used in questions are interrogative

pronouns

0Example: Who told you the secret?0Example: Whom did you meet at the White House?0Example: Which of the essays is yours?

Interrogative Pronouns

what, which, who, whom, whose

Indefinite Pronouns0Pronouns that refer to people, places, or things that are often

not specific. 0Remember not to use the word “one” as a number

0Example: None of the kids had much to eat.0Example: Give all of the tickets to everyone in the streets

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

Sources

0Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar: Grammar Exercise Workbook 9

0Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar: Grammar Exercise Workbook 10