Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask Pronouns Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask

Pronouns Words that take the place of nouns or other pronouns. The noun or pronoun that is replaced by a pronoun is called the antecedent. Example: The student studied very hard to pass his test. antecedent pronoun

Personal Pronouns Refer to: 1. the person speaking or writing 2. the person listening or reading or 3. the topic (person, place, thing, or idea) being discussed or written about.

Personal Pronouns Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine We, us, our, ours Second Person You, your, yours Third Person He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its They, them, their, theirs

Example of Personal Pronoun Kathryn would not like to live in Buffalo, New York, because she does not like the snow.

Reflective Pronoun Refers back to the subject of a sentence, and it is always an object (never a subject) in a sentence. Reflective pronouns are the same as intensive pronouns – itself, myself, himself, herself, yourself, and so on. Example: Elijah McCoy invented a tool that allowed a machine to oil itself.

Intensive Pronouns Emphasizes, or intensifies, the noun or pronoun it refers to. Common intensive pronouns include: itself, myself, himself, herself, and yourself. Example: Although Mr. Jordan himself was not a teacher, he believed he knew what was best for his son. *The sentence would be complete without the intensive pronoun. The pronoun simply emphasizes the noun.

Interrogative Pronouns Helps ask a question: Who wants to go to the fair? Which ride would you like to try? Whom would you like to travel with? What did you say?

Relative Pronouns Both a pronoun and a connecting word, it connects a dependent clause to an independent clause in a complex sentence. Relative pronouns include: who, whose, which, and that. Example: Valentine’s Day is a holiday that is celebrated in February.

Demonstrative Pronouns Points out or identifies a noun without naming the noun. Example: This is a great idea; that was a nightmare. Singular Plural Nearby This These Farther That Those

Demonstrative Pronouns Note: When words this, that, these, and those are used before a noun, they are not pronouns; rather, they are demonstrative adjectives. Example: Coming to this picnic was fun – and those ants think so too.

Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns do not have a specific antecedent. Examples: Everything about the chameleon is fascinating.

Indefinite Pronouns any, either, none, several, each another, nobody, many, anything one, someone, something