Pronouns Definition: A word used in place of a noun or more than one noun. We use them to help make our speech less repetitive and awkward. ANTECEDENT:

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Pronouns Definition: A word used in place of a noun or more than one noun. We use them to help make our speech less repetitive and awkward. ANTECEDENT: the noun or group of nouns a pronoun replaces. The antecedent is not always found in the same sentence as the pronoun. Ex. Spam is mysterious. It is also funny.

Find the pronoun and antecedent. The dog was too scared to get his favorite toy off of the heating vent in the floor. The vent scared him because he once got his foot caught in it. The vent scared him because he once got his foot caught in it. (dog)

First Person Personal Pronouns (the person speaking) Personal Pronouns: Definition: Pronouns that help us refer to people. They can be either first, second or third person. First Person Personal Pronouns (the person speaking) SINGULAR PLURAL I, my, mine, me we, our, ours, us

Second Person Personal Pronouns (the person spoken to) SINGULAR PLURAL You, your, yours you, your, yours

Third Person Personal Pronouns (some other person or thing spoken about) SINGULAR PLURAL he, his, him they, their, theirs she, her, hers them it, its

Other Commonly Used Pronouns REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS are the Self forms of personal pronouns and used to refer to the subject of the sentence. myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself, herself, itself themselves Ex. You brought this on yourself. TIP: If you take a reflexive pronoun out of its sentence, the sentence will no longer make sense.

Intensive Pronouns Intensive Pronouns are also the self forms of pronouns, but they are used to add emphasis to another noun or pronoun in the sentence other than the subject. Ex. He himself carved the roast beast. TIP: You could leave an intensive pronoun out of a sentence and the sentence would still make sense.

Relative Pronouns Used to introduce adjective clauses (adjective clause= group of words in a sentence that is usually separated by commas and describes a noun) who whom whose which that Ex. Billy, who is my favorite podiatrist, likes to juggle. INTERROGATIVE Pronouns Used in questions Who…? Whose…? What…? Whom…? Which…? Ex. Who is my favorite podiatrist?

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS Used to point out a specific person or thing This That These Those Ex. I like that. These are my least favorite shoes.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Don’t refer to a definite person or thing; frequently used without antecedents All each more one Another either most other Any everybody much several Anybody everyone neither some Anyone everything nobody somebody Anything few none someone Both many no one Ex. Everyone loves monkeys. Most have tails.