3. Why Use Pronouns? Pronouns stand in for nouns, so you don’t have to repeat yourself. Restate the following sentence as if you were Jacob: Jacob broke the window when Jacob hit the baseball with Jacob’s bat. I broke the window when I hit the baseball with my bat.

4. 3 Kinds of Personal Pronouns: SingularPlural First PersonI, me, my, minewe, us, our, ours Second Personyou, your, yours Third Person he, him, his she, her, hers it, its they, them, their, theirs

5. Identify the personal pronoun. When I turned on the lie detector, it told me it had a headache. “I can’t believe you ate thirty-nine kumquats,” said Tom to his brother. Gertrude threw the banana cream pie at the judge, but she later apologized. Alvin asked Tim to loan him his skateboard, but Tim said, “Buy your own!” When I turned on the lie detector, it told me it had a headache. “I can’t believe you ate thirty-nine kumquats,” said Tom to his brother. Gertrude threw the banana cream pie at the judge, but she later apologized. Alvin asked Tim to loan him his skateboard, but Tim said, “Buy your own!”

6. Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive pronouns are pronouns which end with the suffix –self or –selves These pronouns name a person or thing that receives an action when that same person or thing is the one performing the action Example: We laughed at ourselves. Write your own example and share it with the class.

7. myself oneself himself herself itself yourself yourselves ourselves themselves Miss Apple always says to the class, “Behave________ out there!” Beatrice considers _______ the roller blade champion of Junction City. If you worry _______ about the world too much, you will tie _________ in knots. The tornado blew ____ out before it reached Kansas. Use a reflexive pronoun for each sentence.

8. Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns help you demonstrate by pointing out a person, place, or thing There are only four: this, that, these, those This and these point to what is nearby That and those point to what is farther away DEMONSTRATIVE Pronouns this these NEARBY that those FARTHER AWAY

9. Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or things in a general way. When an indefinite pronoun is the subject of a sentence, the verb must agree in number with the pronoun.

10. Indefinite Pronouns SingularPluralSingular or Plural anybody neither anything nobody each no one either nothing everybody one everyone other everything someone much somebody something both few many others several all any more most none some

11. Remember Indefinite pronouns that are singular are used with singular verbs. Everyone is smart. Indefinite pronouns that are always plural are used with plural verbs. Many of my presents are hidden beneath the bed.

12. On Your Own Write a sentence using a singular indefinite pronoun. Write a sentence using a plural indefinite pronoun.

13. Interrogative Pronouns a pronoun used in order to ask a question often it has no antecedent because the antecedent is unknown

14. Interrogative Pronouns- Example What did you say? Who said that?

15. Possessive Pronouns Use possessive forms of personal pronouns to show ownership Some possessive pronouns come before nouns I left my homework on the bus. Other possessive pronouns are used by themselves to show ownership. These pronouns do not come before nouns. These diamonds are mine.

16. Possessive Pronouns Used Before Nouns Used by Themselves my its your our his their her mine its yours ours his theirs hers

17. Antecedents Antecedent = the noun that the pronoun stands in for In the following sentences, first identify the pronoun. Then identify the antecedent. This is the pen he used to write the note. The bat built its home in our attic. Was that the road we were supposed to take? This is the pen he used to write the note. The bat built its home in our attic. Was that the road we were supposed to take?

18. A Common Pronoun Dilemma... Singular or Plural?? Singular pronouns only replace singular nouns Kathy broke the vase. She was guilty! Plural pronouns only replace plural nouns Mark and Kathy were playing ball in the house. They disobeyed the rules!

19. Another Common Pronoun Dilemma... I or me ?? – when there are more than one person involved: I will always be the subject – doing the action. Tom and I played chess last week. Me will always be the noun receiving the action. Catherine let Tom and me play chess at her house. Check your answer by taking out the other person’s name and reading the sentence with just the pronoun to see if it’s correct!

20. Use your pronoun shape notes as reference On each jigsaw puzzle that follows, if there is a word in yellow, change it to the correct pronoun You must then identify the type of pronoun it is

21. Jared playedgoalie for his soccerteam today. What pronoun is it?? Third Person Singular Jared

22. This isthe article This mentioned to you. What pronoun is it?? Demonstrative I

23. Julia bought ticketa herself tothe movie. What pronoun is it?? Third Person Singular Reflexive Julia

24. the actors The actorstook bowtheir afterthe play. What pronoun is it?? Third Person Plural