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Pronouns

Pronouns. Pronouns. Take the place of a noun or other pronoun Usually have an antecedent Antecedent: word a pronoun replaces. 8 types of pronouns. Personal Possessive Indefinite Demonstrative Interrogative Reflexive Intensive Relative . Personal. Are used to refer to a person I

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Pronouns

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  1. Pronouns

  2. Pronouns • Take the place of a noun or other pronoun • Usually have an antecedent • Antecedent: word a pronoun replaces

  3. 8 types of pronouns • Personal • Possessive • Indefinite • Demonstrative • Interrogative • Reflexive • Intensive • Relative

  4. Personal • Are used to refer to a person • I • You • Me • He • We • Him • Us • She • They

  5. Are used to express possession My Mine Your Yours Our Ours Her Hers His Their Theirs its Possessive

  6. Express an amount or refer to an unspecified person or thing All Any Anyone/everyone both either Nobody/anybody Few Many No one Several Each Most None Neither some Indefinite

  7. Demonstrative • Point to specific people or things • This • That • These • Those

  8. Interrogative • Begin a question • Who? • What? • Whose? • Which? • Whom? • When?

  9. Reflexive pronouns • End in –self or –selves and refer to an earlier noun or pronoun in the sentence • Are used only when referring to an action done to himself or herself • The action reflects back to the same person • Annie taught herself to sing.

  10. Reflexive pronouns • Myself • Himself • Itself • Yourselves • Yourself • Herself • Ourselves • Themselves

  11. Intensive pronouns • Add emphasis • I myself do not believe the story. • He himself is a good author.

  12. Find the pronoun • She ran the mile. • Who is the girl? • My notebook is here. • Each girl has a ring. • Those apples are mine. • Which cookie is mine?

  13. Pronoun usage • Nominative case • The pronoun is used as a subject • Objective case • The pronoun is used as an object

  14. Subject/object pronouns

  15. Examples • Martha and Lana read the novel. • Martha andLana read the novel. • The novel was read by Martha and Lana. • The novel was read by Martha and Lana.

  16. Relative pronouns Introduce subordinate clauses I believe that the room is warm. Central station, which is located in the city, is large.

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