1. Parts of Speech Pronouns

2. Basic Definition A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Most pronouns have an antecedent An antecedent is the word the pronoun replaced Ex: Ray said he wanted musical talents to audition for the play Pronoun: He Antecedent: Ray

3. Antecedents Antecedents can be more than one word, and can even be in a different sentence! Ex: Chad and I auditioned together. We both got lead parts. What’s the pronoun? What’s the antecedent?

4. Possessive Pronouns Show ownership or relationship Ex: Sonia delivered her famous monologue

5. Pronouns Singular Plural 1 st person I, mewe, us (my, mine)(our, ours) 2 nd person youyou (your, yours) (your, yours) 3 rd person he, him, she, her, itthey, them (his, her, hers, its) (their, theirs) Possessive Pronouns are in parenthesis

6. Other types of pronouns Intensive pronoun: adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence. Ex: The wait itself would take hours. Reflexive pronoun: reflects action back to the subject of the sentence and adds information to the sentence Ex: Donna prepared herself for a long day.

7. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns First personSecond Person Third Person Singular: myselfyourself himself herself itself Plural: ourselves yourselves themselves

8. Demonstrative Pronouns Point out specific persons, places, things or ideas. Demonstrative pronouns are: This, these, that, those

9. Indefinite Pronouns Does not refer to a specific PPTI See list on page 12- write in notes

10. Other Types of Pronouns Con’t Relative Pronouns Used to introduce a clause Who whom, whose, which, that Interrogative Pronouns Used to ask a question Who, whom, whose, which, what

11. Ready to practice? Any questions? Turn to page 10. Then we’ll do page 13. Homework: page 584 1-5 and page 585 1-5.