1. What is a pronoun? List five pronouns.

2. Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

3. Personal Pronouns He, she,it, I, you, they, we Him, her, us, them, me,

4. Examples 1.She likes to run in the afternoons. 2.They went to a movie with us. 3.We had fun with them at the fair. 4.I love to eat ice cream. It tastes so good.

5. Antecedent An antecedent is the word a pronoun stands for. Sarah lost her coat.

6. Examples 1.After he hit the homerun, Joe ran to first base. 2.If you give it a cracker, the parrot might speak to you. 3.Megan said she liked that kind of candy.

7. Examples 4. Jenny and Bob planned a surprise party for their friend. 5. Jenny invited her friends, and Bob invited his friends. 6. The friends said they would come. 7. Bob baked a chocolate cake and put icing on it.

8. Rewrite the sentence using pronouns: Patrick walked to Patrick’s school, but Patrick forgot Patrick’s books.

9. Possessive Pronouns Pronouns that show ownership.

10. Possessive Pronouns His, her, hers, mine, theirs, yours, your, our, ours, my, its, their

11. Examples 1.John left his jacket on the bus. 2.The students forgot to do their homework. 3.The dog ate its food. 4.I forgot my lunch. 5.Sally, please take your lunch to school.

12. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Myself, ourselves, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

13. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns I did the project all by myself. Bob, himself, appeared at the party.

14. Interrogative Pronouns What, which, who, whom, whose

15. Interrogative Pronouns What is her name? Who is she?

16. Relative Pronouns That, which, who, whom, whose

17. Relative Pronouns Robins are the birds that migrate south. Mr. Smith, who is the principal, said to go to the office.

18. Demonstrative Pronouns This, that, these, those

19. Demonstrative Pronouns That is ugly. Did you see this? (stands alone) Used as adjectives This shirt is dirty. That book needs to be picked up. (comes before a noun)

20. Practice 1. 1.Please bring me that. 2. 2.What are those on your feet? 3. 3.Those papers belong to me. 4. 4.Is this your sweater? 5. 5.You need to wear this sweater.

21. Indefinite Pronouns All, any, some, more, most, someone, somebody, everybody, everyone, several (more on textbook p.80)

22. Indefinite Pronouns Someone ate my cookie. Everybody is invited to the party.

23. Practice Are you asking anyone to the dance this weekend? Nobody knows the answer to that. Something is different about your hair. Linda did more sit ups than several who tried before her.

24. Homework p.81-82 review B P.91-92 review c (Write only the pronouns.)