1. Pronouns Pronoun: a word used in place of one or more nouns
Ex. Bradley threw the football.
He threw it.
Antecedent: the noun the pronoun replaced
Ex. Anna-Scott, have you put away your toys?

2. Personal
refers to the person speaking (1st person – I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours) the one spoken to (2nd person – you, your, yours), or the one spoken about (3rd person – he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs)
have person (1st, 2nd, or 3rd), number (singular or plural), and gender (male or female)
Example: The librarian recommended it to us.

3. Possessive shows who or what owns or has something
may take the place of a possessive noun
have different forms if used before
a noun or alone
Ex: MY shirt vs. Mine

4. Reflexive directs action of verb back to the subject
“Reflects” - mirror
directs action of verb back to the subject
ends in –self or –selves
Ex. Myself, ourselves, etc.
Without the reflexive pronoun, the original meaning of the sentence is either changed or lost.
Ex: Sally drew herself a picture.
Reflexive pronouns are always objects (direct, indirect, or object of the preposition)

5. Intensive “Intensifies” emphasizes a noun or pronoun not necessary
end in –self or –selves
Ex. Myself, ourselves, etc.
Sometimes occur immediately after a subject (Ex: I myself spoke to the principal.)
Ex: He drew that himself.

6. Demonstrative - points out a person, place, thing, or idea - Ex
Demonstrative - points out a person, place, thing, or idea - Ex. This, That, These, Those Ex. I know what this is!

7. What? Which? Who? Whom? Whose?
Interrogative
“Interrogates”
introduces a question
What? Which? Who? Whom? Whose?

8. Indefinite -does not refer to a specific noun
-Singular = -one, -body, -thing, each, either, neither, little, much, other
-Plural = both, few, several, many, others
-Both = all, none, any, most, some, more

9. that, which, who, whom, whose
Relative Pronouns
“Relates”
-introduces a dependent clause
-does not introduce a question
that, which, who, whom, whose
Ex: Amy, who loves to read, just finished War and Peace.
Ex: The deer that ran across the highway got hit.