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Pronouns. Chapter 3, Lessons 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9 (featuring Nemo and his friends from “The Seas” attraction at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World. Personal Pronouns. Chapter 3, Lesson 1, Page 58. What is a Pronoun?. A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PronounsChapter 3, Lessons 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9
(featuring Nemo and his friends from “The Seas” attraction at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World
What is a Pronoun?A pronoun is a word that is used in
place of a noun or another pronoun. A pronoun can refer to a person,
place, thing, or idea.The word that a pronoun refers to is
called its antecedent.
Examples:
Ramon visited Death Valley, and he was impressed.
Death Valley is mysterious. It is silent.
Personal PronounsPronouns such as we, I, he, them,
and it are called personal pronouns.Personal pronouns have a variety of
forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases.
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Personal Pronouns
Subject Object Possessive
SingularFirst Person I me my, mine
Second Person
you you your, yours
Third Person
he, she, it him, her, it his, her, hers, its
PluralFirst person we us our, ours
Second Person
you you your, yours
Third Person
they them their, theirs
What is a Possessive Pronoun?A possessive pronoun is a pronoun
used to show ownership or relationship.The possessive pronouns my, your, her, his, its, our, and their come before nouns.
The possessive pronouns mine, yours, hers, his, ours, and theirs can stand alone in a sentence.
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Possessive Pronouns
Singular Pluralmy, mine our, ours
your, yours your, yours
her, hers, his, its their, theirs
What are Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns?A pronoun that ends in self or selves is either a reflexive or intensive pronoun.
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronounsmyself yourself herself,
himself, itself
ourselves yourselves themselves
Reflexive PronounsA reflexive pronoun refers back to
the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject.Reflexive pronouns are necessary to
the meaning of the sentence – you need it so the sentence makes sense.Example – Houdini called himself a
master escape artist.
Intensive PronounsAn intensive pronoun
emphasizes a noun or another pronoun in the sentence.They are not necessary to the
meaning of the sentence – you can take them out and the sentence will still make sense.Example – I myself like to perform
magic tricks.
Interrogative PronounsAn interrogative pronoun is used
to introduce a question.Examples:
Who made up this riddle?Which riddle are you talking about?What riddle book did you read?
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Use
who, whom refers to peoplewhat refers to thingswhich refers to people or thingswhose indicates ownership or
relationship
Who vs. WhomWho is always the subject of the
sentence. It is the person doing the action.
Whom is used as the person that is receiving the action.
Demonstrative PronounsA demonstrative pronoun points
out a person, place, thing, or idea.The demonstrative pronouns – this,
that, these, those – are used alone in a sentence.This is Nemo and his father.That is the ocean they live in.Those are their friends.
Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person, place, thing or idea.Indefinite pronouns do not have
antecedents.Examples:
Something unusual is going on in Disney World.
Some indefinite pronouns are always singular, some are always plural, and some can be either singular or plural.
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Indefinite Pronouns
Singular Plural Singular or Plural
another neither both all
anybody nobody few any
anyone no one many most
anything nothing several none
each one some
either somebody
everybody someone
everyone something
everything
Singular Indefinite PronounsUse a singular personal pronoun
to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun.Example:
Everyone took his or her camera.
Plural Indefinite PronounsUse a plural personal pronoun to
refer to a plural indefinite pronoun.Example:
Several reported their sightings of the monster.
Singular or Plural Indefinite PronounsSome indefinite pronouns can be
singular or plural.The phrase that follows the indefinite
pronoun will often tell you whether the pronoun is singular or plural.Example: Most of the monster story has
its origin in fantasy.