1. Mrs. Dianne Cline 7th grade GRC Oak Mountain Middle School
Introducing: PRONOUNS
Mrs. Dianne Cline
7th grade GRC
Oak Mountain Middle School
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2. Pronouns & Antecedents:
Pronoun: a word used in place of one or more nouns
Ex. Chris threw the football.
He threw it.
Antecedent: the noun the pronoun replaced
Ex. Hayley, have you put away your toys?

3. Reflexive Pronouns “Reflects” – mirrors
directs action of verb back to the subject
ends in –self or –selves
Sally drew herself a picture.

4. Reflexive EXAMPLES: Myself Ourselves Yourself Himself Itself
Themselves
Reflexive

5. Relative Pronouns:
“Relates”
introduces a subordinate clause
does not introduce a question
there are 5 relative pronouns

6. EXAMPLES:
That
Which
Who
Whom
Whose
Relative

7. Intensive Pronouns:
“Intensifies”
emphasizes a noun or pronoun
not necessary
end in –self or –selves
You can cross it out & the sentence still says the same thing

8. EXAMPLES: She drew that herself. We ourselves agree with the teacher.
The girl herself wanted to sign up for the soccer team.

9. Interrogative Pronouns:
“Interrogates”
introduces a question

10. EXAMPLES:
What?
Which?
Who?
Whom?
Whose?
How
Interrogative

11. Personal Pronouns:
refers to the person speaking (1st person), the one spoken to (2nd person), or the one spoken about (3rd person)
have person (1st, 2nd, or 3rd), number (singular or plural), and gender (male or female)

12. Personal EXAMPLES: I, me, my, mine You, your, yours
He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
We, us, our, ours
They, them, their, theirs
Personal

13. Indefinite Pronouns:
does not refer to a specific noun

14. EXAMPLES:
Anything
Anyone
Somebody
Few
Many
More
All
Both

15. Indefinite Pronouns: Agreement
ALWAYS Singular
ALWAYS Plural
Can be singular OR Plural
Another, anyone, each, everyone, everybody, everything, much, nobody, nothing, other, someone, anybody, anything, either, little, neither, no one, one, somebody, something
Both, few, many, others, several
All, any, more, most, none, some

16. Demonstrative Pronouns:
“DEMONSTRATES”
Points out a noun
There are 4 of them

17. EXAMPLES:
This
That
These
Those