1. Pronouns P1

2. A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence. The noun it replaces is called the antecedent. e.g. After I picked up my check, I gave it to my husband.

3. Antecedent P2

4. The noun that a pronoun replaces or refers to. e.g. Harry went to church, but he didn’t stay for coffee.

5. Pronoun Cases P3

6. There are three personal pronoun cases. 1. Nominative – the subject of a sentence 2. Objective – the object of the verb or preposition 3. Possessive – a possessive pronoun I gave him my book. Nom.Obj.Poss.

7. Personal Pronouns P4

8. Take the place of a noun in a sentence. Nominative (as a subject) Objective (after the verb or in a phrase) Possessive (shows possession) Singular First PersonIMeMy, Mine Second PersonYou Your, Yours Third PersonHe, She, ItHim, Her, ItHis, Her, Hers, Its Plural First PersonWeUsOur, Ours Second PersonYou Your, Yours Third PersonTheyThemTheir, Theirs

9. Indefinite Pronouns P5

10. Indefinite pronouns have no specific antecedent. They refer to people or things understood by the reader or listener. Indefinite Pronouns onesomethingsomeanotherall anyoneanythingsomebodyeachseveral someoneeverythingeverybodyeach otherfew everyonenothingnobodyone anotherboth no onemanyanybodyothereither nonemostanyothersneither

11. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns P6

12. Formed by adding -self to singular pronoun and -selves to a plural pronoun. myselfyourselfherselfhimselfitself ourselvesyourselvesthemselves

13. Demonstrative Pronouns P7

14. Point out persons and things. thisthesethatthose

15. Three Confusing Pronouns P8

16. Which do I really mean? Possessive PronounContraction (not pronouns) ItsIt’s = it is YourYou’re = you are TheirThey’re = they are

17. Pronoun Gender P9

18. There are three genders: MasculineFeminineNeutral Nominativehesheit Objectivehimherit Possessivehisher, hersits

19. Interrogative Pronouns P10

20. Introduce a question. Who Whomrefer to person(s) Whose Whatrefer to things, places, or ideas Whichcan refer to people or things

21. Relative Pronouns P11

22. Relative pronouns introduce clauses in sentences. Who Whomrefer to people Whose Whichrefer to things What Thatrefers to things or people

23. Point of View ( Writing in First, Second or Third Person) P12

24. Point of view refers to who is “speaking” in the writing. There are three “points of view.” When you write, stay in one “point of view.” SingularPlural First personI, me, my, minewe, us, our, oursIt’s all about me. Second personyou, your, yours It’s all about you. Third personhe, she, it, him, her, its, this they, them, theirsIt’s all about her.

25. Possessive Pronouns and Apostrophes P13

26. Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes. 28 yourtheirits herhismy our Don’t mix these up with other words that sound the same but are spelled differently like: youryou’re itsit’sthese are contractions theirthey’re