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Pronouns

Pronouns. Personal, Possessive, Reflexive, and Intensive. What is a pronoun?. Takes the place of a NOUN (a.k.a., the ANTECEDENT ) Without Pronouns: Mrs. Frey gave Mrs. Frey’s students a study guide to help Mrs. Frey’s students study for Mrs. Frey’s students’ test on Friday.

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Pronouns

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  1. Pronouns Personal, Possessive, Reflexive, and Intensive

  2. What is a pronoun? Takes the place of a NOUN (a.k.a., the ANTECEDENT) Without Pronouns: Mrs. Frey gave Mrs. Frey’s students a study guide to help Mrs. Frey’s students study for Mrs. Frey’s students’ test on Friday. With Pronouns: Mrs. Frey gave her students a study guide to help them study for their test on Friday.

  3. Types of Pronouns - PERSONAL • refers to a specific person or thing • can be singular (just one) or plural (more than one) • 1st person – indicates the person speaking (I, me, we, us) • 2nd person – indicates the person being spoken to (you) • 3rd person – indicates the person or thing being spoken about (he, him, she, her, it, they, them)

  4. Types of Pronouns - POSSESSIVE • indicates possession or ownership • can be singular (just one) or plural (more than one) • 1st person – indicates the person speaking (my, mine, our, ours) • 2nd person – indicates the person being spoken to (your, yours) • 3rd person – indicates the person or thing being spoken about (his, hers, its, their, theirs)

  5. Personal and Possessive Pronouns

  6. Review – Click to see the answers. • Sasha is my friend. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural? • You are a great athlete. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural? • The teacher gave her a detention. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural?

  7. Review – Answer Key • Sasha is my friend. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural? • You are a great athlete. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural? • The teacher gave her a detention. • 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person? • Personal or possessive? • Singular or plural?

  8. Types of Pronouns - REFLEXIVE • Refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved • Ends in –self or –selves (himself, itself, themselves, ourselves) • Examples: • I bought myself a pair of jeans. • She gave herself a pedicure.

  9. Types of Pronouns - INTENSIVE • Adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun • Ends in –self or –selves • Examples: • I myself bought a pair of jeans. • The students themselves created the test questions.

  10. Reflexive or Intensive? • Reflexive pronouns… • are usually the RECEIVERS of something in the sentence. • often tell you WHO got something or received the action of the verb. • are typically needed to make the sentence complete. • Example 1: I bought myself a new purse. (Without the reflexive pronoun myself, you wouldn’t know who received the purse.) • Example 2: The boss gave himself a raise. (Without the reflexive pronoun himself, you wouldn’t know who received the raise.) • Example3: Ida blamed herself for the problem. (Without the reflexive pronoun herself, you wouldn’t know who got the blame.) • Intensive pronouns… • draw attention to a person or thing (like bragging). • Usually directly follow the noun it intensifies or ends the sentence. • could be left out entirely without changing the meaning of the sentence or making it more complete and clear. • Could have “by” inserted before them • Example 1: The toddler tied her shoes herself. • Example 2: The president himself made his bed each morning.

  11. Review Reflexive or Intensive? Click to see the answers. • Tommy himself should have written the paper. • Tommy let himself down when he plagiarized. • You gave yourself a break yesterday. • You yourself should have done this a long time ago. • The golf instructor accidentally hit himself in the head with his golf club. • He himself should have been more careful while swinging. • She ate the whole batch of cookies herself . • She indulged herself by eating the whole batch of cookies.

  12. Review – Answer Key • Tommy himself should have written the paper. Intensive • Tommy let himself down when he plagiarized. Reflexive • You gave yourself a break yesterday. Reflexive • You yourself should have done this a long time ago. Intensive • The golf instructor accidentally hit himself in the head with his golf club. Reflexive • He himself should have been more careful while swinging. Intensive • She ate the whole batch of cookies herself. Intensive • She indulged herself by eating the whole batch of cookies. Reflexive

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