1. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. The noun being replaced is called the antecedent.
Ex. He sneezed. (John sneezed.) George baked it. (George baked a cake.)
There are three main cases of pronouns:
Nominative (used as ______ and _______________)
Objective (used as objects: _______________________ ___________________)
Possessive (shows _________ or _________)
subjects
predicate pronouns
Ex: I like candy. It was she.
direct objects, indirect objects,
object of the preposition
Ex: Maria likes him. Mr. Black gave the candy to her.
ownership
possession
Ex: This is my book. Our school is the best.

2. PRONOUNS PERSONAL PRONOUNS Nominative Objective Possessive
1st person singular
1st person plural
2nd person singular
2nd person plural
3rd person singular masculine
3rd person singular feminine
3rd person singular neuter
3rd person plural I me
my, mine we us
our, ours
you
you
your, yours
you
you
your, yours he
him
his
she
her
her, hers it it
its
they
them
their, theirs
Possessive personal pronouns never take an apostrophe.

3. PRONOUNS Indefinite pronouns do use the apostrope.
Ex: someone’s book nobody’s fault
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Singular
Plural
any
neither
all
anyone
no one
both
anybody
none
few
anything
nobody
many
another
nothing
most
each
one
others
either
other
several
everyone
someone
some
everybody
somebody
everything
something

4. PRONOUNS
Interrogative pronouns are often used to ask questions. There are five:
who, whose, whom, which and what
Demonstrative pronouns point out specific people, places or things. They must have an antecedent. They are:
this, that, these, and those