Pronouns Everything you ever wanted to know!

Personal Pronouns numberpersongender Subject / Object/ Nominative Objective Case singular 1stmale/femaleIme 2ndmale/femaleyou 3rd malehehim femalesheher neuterit plural 1stmale/femaleweus 2ndmale/femaleyou 3rd male/female/ne uter theythem

Each of the sentences to the right shows personal pronoun usage first in the Nominative or subject position and then in the Objective or Direct Object position. I like coffee. John helped me. Do you like coffee? John loves you. He runs fast. Did Ram beat him? She is clever. Does Mary know her? It doesn't work. Can the engineer repair it? We went home. Anthony drove us. Do you need a table for three? Did John and Mary beat you at doubles? They played doubles. John and Mary beat them.

Possessive Pronouns numberpersongender (of "owner") possessive pronouns singular 1stmale/femalemine 2ndmale/femaleyours 3rd malehis femalehers plural 1stmale/femaleours 2ndmale/femaleyours 3rdmale/female/neutertheirs Pronouns show ownership. The pronoun MUST agree with the antecedent in number and gender

What is an antecedent? So glad you asked

Antecedent The word the pronoun stands in for. Like a proxy, the pronoun replaces the antecedent to avoid repetition and annoying your teachers. It is a great tool as long as you don’t overuse!! For example: When he said he was going he couldn’t believe what he had said. WHAT??!?!?!

1. Somebody dropped (their/his or her) wallet. 2. Most of the class pushed in (their/its) chairs. 3. Some of the girls sang (their/her) favorite song. 4. Katelyn and Rachel called (their/her) parents on Saturday. 5. Daniel or Dave left (their/his) sunglasses on the table in the hallway. 6. Neither Mary nor Paul studied (their/his or her) spelling words. 7. All of the players liked (their/his or her) coach. 8. Everybody must wash (their/his or her) hands before dinner. 9. Many good athletes spend (their/his or her) time training after school. 10. One of the buildings lost (their/its) electricity yesterday afternoon. Which is the correct Personal Pronoun to use based on the Antecedent?

1. Somebody dropped (their/his or her) wallet. 2. Most of the class pushed in (their/its) chairs. 3. Some of the girls sang (their/her) favorite song. 4. Katelyn and Rachel called (their/her) parents on Saturday. 5. Daniel or Dave left (their/his) sunglasses on the table in the hallway. 6. Neither Mary nor Paul studied (their/ his or her) spelling words. 7. All of the players liked (their/his or her) coach. 8. Everybody must wash (their/his or her) hands before dinner. 9. Many good athletes spend (their/his or her) time training after school. 10. One of the buildings lost (their/its) electricity yesterday afternoon.

Interrogative Pronouns Pronouns that ask questions subjectobject personwhowhom thingwhat person/thingwhich personwhose questionanswer Who told you?John told me.subject Whom did you tell? I told Mary.object What has happened? An accident has happened. subject What do you want? I want coffee.object

Demonstrative Pronouns nearfar singularthisthat pluralthesethose Pronouns that point things out – Because you aren’t supposed to use your finger!!! This is heavier than that. These are bigger than those.

Indefinite Pronouns When it is not Definite who you are talking about. SingularPluralSingular or Plural another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something both, few, many, others, several all, any, more, most, none, some

reflexive pronouns singular myself yourself himself, herself, itself plural ourselves yourselves themselves the underlined words are NOT the same person/thing the underlined words are the SAME person/thing John saw me.I saw myself in the mirror. Why does he blame you? Why do you blame yourself? David sent him a copy.John sent himself a copy. David sent her a copy.Mary sent herself a copy. My dog hurt the cat.My dog hurt itself. We blame you.We blame ourselves. Can you help my children?Can you help yourselves? They cannot look after the babies. They cannot look after themselves A Reflexive Pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence.

Relative Pronouns A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that it modifies. Here is an example: The person who phoned me last night is my teacher. In the above example, "who": relates to "person", which it modifies introduces the relative clause "who phoned me last night" There are five relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that Who (subject) and whom (object) are normally only for people. Whose is for possession. Which is for things. In non-defining relative clauses, that is used for things. In defining relative clauses (clauses that are essential to the sentence and do not simply add extra information) that can be used for things and people