Pronouns and Antecedents The Most Interesting Thing on Earth

Pre-Teach Quiz!!! Isn’t this exciting??? Answer the questions. Now. 1. What is a pronoun? 2. What is an antecedent? 3. How many pronouns are used in this slide? 4. How many kinds of pronouns are there? 5. What is Parker’s favorite pronoun?

Answers!!!!!!! Oh my gosh. Here are the answers: 1. A pronoun is a word used to represent a noun. 2. An antecedent is the noun a pronoun represents. 3. There was 1 pronoun. 4. There are 8 kinds of pronouns. 5. Parker’s favorite pronoun is they.

Pronouns!!! Pronouns are words used to represent nouns. Example: Animals really like ice cream. They also likes cheese. It makes it easier to say they instead of saying animals again. The word they is the pronoun. Antecedents are the nouns represented by the pronouns. In the example, the word animals is the antecedent. Not all pronouns refer to antecedents. Everyone likes pie.

Pronouns and Antecedents Pronouns and antecedents must agree in number. Bad Example: The old man is tired. They will go to sleep soon. Good Example: The old man is tired. He will go to bed soon. They must also agree in gender. The man loves salad. She is going to eat it now. The man loves salad. He is going to eat it now.

Kinds of Pronouns There are 8 kinds of pronouns. Person Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Relative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Intensive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Reciprocal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns Personal Pronouns are pronouns that take the place of specific nouns (names of people, places, things, and ideas) The personal pronouns are: I, you, he, she, it, they, we, me, him, her, us, them, my, your, his, her, our, and their. There are 3 types of personal pronouns. They are: Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns

A Dedication This slide is dedicated to Brandon Carr and I, who had to do all of our projects in one night. God bless our souls.

Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns take the place of the subject of the sentence. Example: Jerry likes pupcakes. He eats them all the time. The subject pronouns are: I, he, she, you, it, they, and we.

Object Pronouns Object pronouns take the place of the object in the sentence. Example: Someone punched Chinghow in the face. This made her very mad. The Object Pronouns are: Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.

Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that is showing possession over something. Example: Jerry looked at the man. In an instant, Jerry stole his golden horse. The Possessive Pronouns are: My, your, his, her, our, and their.

Personal Pronouns (Continued) Personal Pronouns can be characterized by person. 1st person Refers to the speaker. 1st person singular: I, me. 1st person plural: we, us. 2nd person Refers to person or people being spoken to. 2nd person singular: you 2nd person plural: you 3rd person Refers to people being spoken about. 3rd person singular: he, she, him, her 3rd person plural: they, them

Demonstrative Pronouns They identify or point to nouns. The Demonstrative Pronouns are this, that, these, those, and such. As an object, that refers to something you just saw or heard. Those is the plural form of that. As an object, this refers to a recent experience. These is the plural form of this. As a subject, this, that, these, and those can be used to refer to objects and people. Such refers to an explanation just made. Example: Such is my belief.

Relative Pronouns The relative pronouns are who, whom, whoever, whomever, which, and that. Relative Pronouns relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns. Examples: The cow who likes grass. The lobster that likes little boys. The clown which likes 80’s music. Jerry will play with whomever he wants.

Indefinite Pronouns The indefinite pronouns are everybody, anybody, somebody, all, each, every, some, none, and one. Indefinite pronouns do not substitute for specific nouns, but function themselves as nouns. Examples: Everybody loves that guy who lives down the street. Some like to go to Europe. Somebody thinks I’m stupid!

Intensive Pronouns The intensive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. Intensive Pronouns are used to emphasize a noun. Example: I myself do not know who that tall, skinny man in the suit is.

Reflexive Pronouns The reflexive pronouns are the same as the intensive pronouns. The difference is, reflexive pronouns indicate that the subject is receiving the action of the verb. Examples: You are getting married to yourself??? They started kicking themselves… Jeff will start to throw books at himself.

Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronouns are who, which, and what. Interrogative pronouns introduce questions. Examples: Who is that? Which one will you choose? What in the name of Christopher is that?!?!?! They also introduce noun clauses. We know who is guilty. I need to know what you did.

Reciprocal Pronouns The reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another. Reciprocal pronouns are used to combine ideas. Example: Bill likes Sally, and Sally likes Bill. = Bill and Sally like each other.

IT’S FINALLY OVER THE END Bless your souls for having to witness this. Although, let’s be honest, mine’s the best :P THE END