What is a pronoun? List five pronouns.

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

* Who or what the sentence is about. Subject Pronouns He, she ,it , I, you, they, we * Who or what the sentence is about.

* Use these after the verb. Object Pronouns Him, her, us, them, it, me, you * Use these after the verb.

Examples She likes to run in the afternoons. They went to a movie with us. We had fun with them at the fair. I love to eat ice cream. It tastes so good.

An antecedent is the word a pronoun stands for. Sarah lost her coat.

Examples After he hit the homerun, Joe ran to first base. If you give it a cracker, the parrot might speak to you. Megan said she liked that kind of candy.

Examples 4. Jenny and Bob planned a surprise party for their friend. 5. Jenny invited her friends, and Bob invited his friends. 6. The friends said they would come. 7. Bob baked a chocolate cake and put icing on it.

Rewrite the sentence using pronouns: Patrick walked to Patrick’s school, but Patrick forgot Patrick’s books.

Pronouns that show ownership. Possessive Pronouns Pronouns that show ownership.

His, her, hers, mine, theirs, yours, your, our, ours, my, its, their Possessive Pronouns His, her, hers, mine, theirs, yours, your, our, ours, my, its, their

Examples John left his jacket on the bus. The students forgot to do their homework. The dog ate its food. I forgot my lunch. Sally, please take your lunch to school.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Myself, ourselves, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns I did the project all by myself. Bob, himself, appeared at the party.

What, which, who, whom, whose Interrogative Pronouns What, which, who, whom, whose

Interrogative Pronouns What is her name? Who is she?

That, which, who, whom, whose Relative Pronouns That, which, who, whom, whose

Robins are the birds that migrate south. Relative Pronouns Robins are the birds that migrate south. Mr. Smith, who is the principal, said to go to the office.

Demonstrative Pronouns This, that, these, those

Demonstrative Pronouns That book needs to be picked up. That is ugly. Did you see this? (stands alone) Used as adjectives This shirt is dirty. That book needs to be picked up. (comes before a noun)

Practice Pronoun or adjective? Please bring me that. What are those on your feet? Those papers belong to me. Is this your sweater? You need to wear this sweater. That hat is awful looking.

Indefinite Pronouns All, any, some, more, most, someone, somebody, everybody, everyone, several (more on textbook p.80)

Everybody is invited to the party. Indefinite Pronouns Someone ate my cookie. Everybody is invited to the party.

Pronoun Songs

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