Types of Pronouns Pages 32-37

Personal Pronouns Refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

Personal Pronoun Examples Last spring, I visited my relatives. Did you say this pen is yours?

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Reflexive: Refers to the subject and functions as a complement or an object of a preposition Intensive: emphasizes a noun or another pronoun Myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Examples of Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns The rescuers did not consider themselves heroes. Juan wrote himself a note. She is herself again. I myself sold more than fifty tickets.

Demonstrative Pronouns Points out a person, place, thing, or idea This, that, these, those

Demonstrative Pronoun Examples This is the most valuable baseball card I have, but that is also valuable. These are the names of those who volunteered.

Interrogative Pronouns Introduces a question What, which, who, whom, whose

Examples What is the largest planet in the solar system? Who scored the most points in the game?

Relative Pronouns Introduces an adjective clause Adjective clauses are subordinate clauses that contain a subject and verb and describe a noun or pronoun That, which, who, whom, whose

Relative Pronoun Examples Ray Charles is an actor who has had many hit recordings. The Bactrian camel, which has two humps, is native to central Asia.

Indefinite Pronouns Refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that may not be specifically named. Both, each, everything, few, many everyone, everybody, most, nothing

Indefinite Pronoun Example Everyone completed the test before the bell rang. Neither of the actors knew what costume the other was planning to wear.

Practice: GUM page 35