1. Intensive, and Relative
PRONOUNS
Subjective, Objective, Possessive, Interrogative, Demonstrative, Indefinite,
Intensive, and Relative
6th Grade ELA

2. PRONOUNS:
Take place of the noun

3. Subjective Personal Pronoun
I, you, he , she,
it , we, they
Acts as the subject of the sentence

4. You bought the last bag of chocolate chip cookies.
Subjective Pronoun

5. Objective Personal Pronoun
Acts as the object of a verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase
Me, you, her, him, it, us, them

6. Robert threw me a bag of nachos
Indirect object of the word threw
David and Rachel invited us to dinner.
Direct object of the
verb “invited”
Paul did their homework for them.
Object of the preposition for

7. The guitar was so out of tune, Kyle begged Christina not to play it.
Object of the
Infinitive phrase
to play

8. Possessive Pronouns Shows ownership or possession
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, their

9. Sometimes Daniel forgets that the football is mine!
Possession

10. Interrogative Pronoun
What, whom, who, which, whose ?
It’s used to ask a question. It’s
Usually the antecedent is unknown
(which is the need for the question)

11. What do you like the most about school?
Interrogative pronoun

12. Demonstrative Pronoun
This, that, these, those
Replaces one or more nouns and indicates proximity (near or far)

13. This is Nico’s calligraphy pen.
Demonstrative pronoun

14. Also known
As vague
Indefinite Pronouns
They are not definite in meaning. In other words they are not specific in which noun they replace. They may be singular or plural, and must match the verb in number.

15. All Any Each Few Neither Some Another Both Either Many One several
There are 2 categories.
Refer to
a specific
noun whose
meaning
Is easily
understood
only
because it
was
previously
mentioned
or because
the words
that follow
the indefinite
pronoun
make it clear
Anybody
Anything
Everyone
Nobody
No one
Somebody
Something
Anyone
Everybody
Everything
None
Nothing
someone
All
Any
Each
Few
Neither
Some
Another
Both
Either
Many
One
several
Refer to
A non-
specific
noun

16. WHERE’S THE INDEFINITE PRONOUN?
Tim doesn’t have any.
Michael passed his car to another.
Somebody rang the doorbell.

17. INTENSIVE PRONOUNS Myself, yourself, himself, herself,
Emphasizes or intensifies a noun or another pronoun/ directs the action of the verb back to the subject of the sentence.
Myself, yourself, himself, herself,
itself, ourselves, yourselves,
themselves
These nouns can also be called: reflexive pronouns or emphatic pronouns

18. She will do it herself. I heard the lie myself.
EXAMPLES:
The mayor himself attended the ceremony.
(The mayor is the noun being intensified. It is called the
antecedent of the intensive pronoun.)
She will do it herself.
I heard the lie myself.
The dog opened the door itself.

19. Relative Pronoun That Whose Which Whosever Whichever Whomever Who Whom
Introduces a subordinate clause (dependent clause)
That Whose
Which Whosever
Whichever Whomever
Who Whom
Whoever

20. Whoever spilled the drink will have to clean it up.
EXAMPLES:
Whoever spilled the drink will have to clean it up.
The fruit which was put in the fruit bowl will
have to be washed.
The play that she recently wrote will be made
into a movie.

21. QUIZ TIME What were all the pronouns mentioned in this PowerPoint?
Intensive, Possessive, Objective, Subjective, Relative, Demonstrative, Interrogative, and Indefinite
Which pronouns are also known by other names?
Intensive = EMPHATETIC = REFLEXIVE
And
Indefinite = VAGUE