2. What is a pronoun? A pronoun takes the place of a noun or another pronoun. The noun or pronoun replaced by a pronoun is the antecedent.

3. For example: Jennifer lost her keys at the football game. her=pronoun Jennifer=antecedent

5. Personal Pronouns SingularPlural First Person (the person speaking) I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours Second Person (the person spoken to) you, your, yours Third Person (the person, place, or thing spoken about he, him, his she, her, hers it, its they, them, their, theirs

6. Practice: Personal Pronouns 1. John does his homework before the game. 2. Dad, can you take Rob to the baseball game? 3. When the bus arrives, it is always late. 4. Patrick asked Sarah if she had his baseball glove. 5. Robert brought his bat with him. 6. The players wear their hats when they go to the field. 7. The baby threw his ball, and the puppy caught it. 8. Stacy took her team to dinner for their victory celebration.

7. Reflexive & Intensive SingularPlural First Personmyselfourselves Second Personyourselfyourselves Third Personhimself herself itself themselves

8. Reflexive vs. Intensive Reflexive —adds information to the sentence by pointing back (reflecting) to a noun or pronoun (the antecedent) that appears earlier in the sentence cannot be removed Intensive —simply adds emphasis (intensity) to a noun or pronoun (the antecedent) in the same sentence can be removed without losing meaning

9. For example: Reflexive— The assignment about himself was difficult to write. She made herself a turkey and cheese sandwich.

10. For example: Intensive— The mayor himself visited our class. The students created the assignment themselves.

11. Practice: Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns 1. Maria and Anna can tie their shoes themselves. 2. Charlie helped himself to another piece of cake. 3. Grandma knitted herself a lovely sweater. 4. The quarterback scored the touchdown himself. 5. The senator himself will address the students. 6. If you believe in yourself, anything can happen. 7. The players congratulated themselves on their victory. 8. The circus clown looked at himself in the mirror. 9. Can we put up the tent ourselves?

12. Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns point out a specific person, place, or thing. thisthese thatthose

13. For example: This is the assignment that you will complete for tomorrow. The tomatoes we grew in the garden taste better than those.

14. Interrogative Pronouns Interrogative pronouns introduce a question. whatwhichwho whom whose

15. For example: What is the address of this house? Whose is the red truck parked outside?

16. Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns begin a subordinate clause and connect it to another idea in the sentence. thatwhichwho whom whose

17. For example: The dog that you trained is very well behaved. She is the candidate who promises to listen to the people.

18. Practice: Demonstrative, Interrogative, & Relative 1. This is VanGogh’s most famous painting. 2. Who invented the game of Bingo? 3. Edwin Lowe first saw the game, which was already called lotto and beano, in 1929. 4. The Museum of Modern Art bought these a few years ago. 5. The beans that covered a row of numbers gave the game its name. 6. Those became famous only after his death.

19. Practice: Demonstrative, Interrogative, & Relative 8. This is a perfect example of the artist’s vibrant use of color. 9. What was the prize? 10. Were these paintings by Vincent VanGogh? 11. Did his brother sell those, or did the museum buy them elsewhere? 12. Whose is the most famous version?

20. Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or things without specifying which ones. Some do not have a specific antecedent. every--thinganotherotherall any--oneeachbothany some--bodyeitherfewmore no-neithermanymost littleothersnone muchseveralsome

21. For example: Everything we will need is packed in the trunk. Has anyone called the doctor? Most of the cake has been frosted.

22. Practice: Indefinite Pronouns 1. Has anyone seen Dad lately? 2. Little remains of this ancient civilization. 3. One of the outfielders dropped the ball, but nobody scored on the play. 4. Does either of your sisters have a summer job? 5. Some of the children have home computers, but most do not.