1. PRONOUNS Personal Pronouns: Subject, Object, Possessive
Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns

2. Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
Antecedent – the word to which the pronoun refers or replaces
Examples:
Tessa left her favorite hoody on the bus.
Robbie went to lunch, but he forgot his money.
John and I walked to Joe’s Drive-in. We bought strawberry milkshakes with our money.
Alicia, have you seen the movie “Twilight” yet?

3. Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases. Person = first person (I, we) = second person (you) = third person (he, she, it, they)

4. Personal Pronouns Number = singular or plural
Cases = Subject, Object, and Possessive
Which case to use depends upon the pronoun’s function in the sentence.

5. Personal Pronouns Subject Object Possessive I me my, mine
you you your, yours
he, she, it him, her, it his, her, hers,
its
we us our, ours
you you your, yours
they them their, theirs

6. Subject Pronouns
A subject pronoun is used as a subject in a sentence or as the predicate pronoun following a linking verb. (as a subject complement)
Examples:
Has Tom read Old Yeller? It is a good story! (S)
I loaned my copy to Betsy. She read the entire book in one night! (S)
The winner of the contest is she. (pred. pro.)

7. Subject Pronouns
Singular Plural
I we
you you
he, she, it they

8. Object Pronouns
An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or as an object of a preposition.
Examples:
Maddi asked me to go to a movie tonight. (DO)
Tim gave her a pink rose. (IO)
Ryan sent the flowers to them. (Obj. of Prep.)

9. Object Pronouns
Singular Plural me us you you him, her, it them

10. Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun is a personal pronoun used to show ownership or relationship.
The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his, its, our, their come before nouns.
Examples:
My best friend is my dog Simon.
The boys lost their way in the woods.
Our family reunion is this summer.
Has Kayla met her new teacher yet?

11. Possessive Pronouns
The possessive pronouns mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs can stand alone in a sentence.
Examples:
That pizza is ours! Don’t touch it!
The yellow lab in the backyard is mine.
Those library books are theirs.
The shoes on the front porch must be yours or his.

12. Possessive Pronouns Singular Plural my, mine our, ours
your, yours your, yours
her, hers, his, its their, theirs

13. Possessive Pronouns & Contractions
Possessive pronouns never have apostrophes.
Contractions always have apostrophes.
Possessive Pronoun Contraction
its it’s (it is or it has)
The cat moved its kittens It’s time for lunch.
It’s been fun!
your you’re (you are)
Where are your books? You’re in so much trouble!
their they’re (they are)
Were their books found? They’re going to the
movies tonight.

14. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Singular Plural
(1st) myself ourselves
(2nd) yourself yourselves
(3rd) herself themselves
himself
itself

15. Reflexive Pronoun
Refers to the subject & directs the action of the verb back to the subject.
EXAMPLES:
Darin let himself believe that he was the winner of the race.
Casey gave herself five minutes to study for the test in science.
Brycen and I helped ourselves to the chocolate chip cookies on the table.

16. Intensive Pronouns
Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun in the same sentence
EXAMPLES:
Devyn himself gave the speech during the assembly.
We ourselves are responsible for our actions.
We saw Jewel herself at the mall before her concert.
I myself will always be dependable.

17. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN USE
who, whom refers to people
what refers to things
which refers to people/things
whose indicates ownership or
relationship

18. Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun is used to introduce a question.
Examples:
What is the correct answer to the question?
Whose dog is running down the street?
To whom did you give my books?
Who is always used as a subject or a predicate pronoun.
Who is going to the movie tonight? (subject)
Your favorite singer is who? (predicate pronoun)

19. Interrogative Pronouns
Whom is always used as an object – direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition.
Whom did you see at the mall? (direct object)
You sent whom the flowers? (indirect object)
To whom should I send the bill? (object of the preposition to)

20. Whose and Who’s Whose is an interrogative pronoun. Example:
Whose coats are on the floor?
Whose mouth never stops running?
Who’s is a contraction that means who is/who has.
Who’s going to pass the English test?
Who’s been at the cafeteria already?

21. Demonstrative Pronouns
A pronoun that points out a person, place, thing, or idea
this, that, these, those
Examples:
This is the correct answer choice.
That was not what you should have said.
These are the color choices for the flowers.
Those belong to the track coach.

22. Pronoun Agreement
Antecedent  the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces or refers to
Number  singular or plural
Person  1st , 2nd, 3rd
Gender  masculine, feminine, neuter

23. Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite pronouns often do not have antecedents.
Some indefinite pronouns are always singular, some are always plural, and some can be either singular or plural.
Any pronoun containing one, thing, or body will always be singular.

24. Indefinite Pronouns Singular Indefinite Pronouns another neither
anybody nobody
anyone no one
anything nothing
each one
either somebody
everybody someone
everyone something
everything

25. Indefinite Pronouns
Plural Indefinite Pronouns
both
few
many
several

26. Indefinite Pronouns Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns all any
most
none
some

27. Indefinite Pronoun Agreement
Use a singular personal pronoun to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun.
Examples:
Anybody can leave his or her materials on the desk for me to review.
Somebody left her jacket on the floor.
No one brought his or her library book to the cafeteria today.

28. Indefinite Pronoun Agreement
Use a plural personal pronoun to refer to a plural indefinite pronoun.
Example:
Many could not believe their eyes when the tornado hit our town!
Several left their books in the auditorium after the assembly.

29. Indefinite Pronoun
Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns: the phrase that follows the indefinite pronoun will often tell you whether the pronoun is singular or plural.
Examples:
All of the cake has been eaten.
All of the books are on the shelves.
None of the boys did their homework.
None of the group brought his or her project to science class today.