1. Parts of Speech Continued Pronouns

2.  A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.

3. Types of Pronouns  Personal  Possessive  Compound Personal or Reflexive  Demonstrative  Interrogative  Relative  Indefinite

4. Personal Pronouns  Common personal pronouns are: I, me, you, he, him, her, she, it, we, us, they, and them

5. Possessive pronouns  Possessive pronouns show ownership.  Common possessive pronouns are: my, mine, your, yours, his, hers, ours,our, their, its and theirs.

6. Find the personal and possessive pronouns:  Kevin read the novel Shane. He enjoyed it very much.  My dog is very affectionate. Her name is Maggie.  Mrs. Musynske wants her students to excel; therefore, she gives us a lot of work.

7. Compound Personal  A compound personal pronoun is sometimes called a reflexive pronoun. It is used to emphasize something in a sentence.

8. Find the compound personal pronouns  She herself made the present.  You yourself must take responsibility for your work.  Santa himself designed the toys for Christmas.

9. Demonstrative Pronouns  Demonstrative pronouns point something out.  Common demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those.

10. Find the demonstrative pronouns:  That belongs to me.  Those are the correct answers.  This is the theme of the story.

11. Interrogative Pronouns  Interrogative pronouns are used to ask a question.  Common interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, which, what, and whose.

12. Relative pronouns  A relative pronoun connects a dependent clause with a subordinate clause.  Common relative pronouns are: who, whose, whom, which, what, that.

13. Interrogative or Relative?  Who won the prize?  The boy who won the prize is extremely modest.  What did you say to your parents?  I explained what the theme of the story was to the student.

14. Indefinite pronouns  Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific person.

15. Common Indefinite Pronouns  Each  Either  Neither  One  Everyone  Everybody  No one  Nobody  Anyone  Anybody  Someone  Somebody.  Few  Both

16.  Several  Many  Some  None  All  Most

17. Find the indefinite pronouns:  Everyone enjoys the holidays.  All of the children enjoyed their gifts.  Many of the students were happy to receive a present from Mrs. Musynske--- NO HOMEWORK!!!