Pronouns

P1

A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence.

The noun it replaces is called the antecedent.

e.g.After I picked up my check, I gave it to my husband.

Antecedent

P2

The noun that a pronoun replaces or refers to.

e.g. Harry went to church, but he didn’t stay for coffee.

Pronoun Cases

P3

There are three personal pronoun cases.

1. Nominative – the subject of a sentence2. Objective – the object of the verb or

preposition3. Possessive – a possessive pronoun

I gave him my book. Nom. Obj. Poss.

Personal Pronouns

P4

Take the place of a noun in a sentence.

Nominative(as a subject)

Objective(after the verb or in a phrase)

Possessive(shows possession)

Singular

First Person I Me My, Mine

Second Person You You Your, Yours

Third Person He, She, It Him, Her, It His, Her, Hers, Its

Plural

First Person We Us Our, Ours

Second Person You You Your, Yours

Third Person They Them Their, Theirs

Indefi nite Pronouns

P5

Indefinite pronouns have no specific antecedent. They refer to people or things understood by the reader or listener.

Indefinite Pronouns

one something some another all

anyone anything somebody each several

someone everything everybody each other few

everyone nothing nobody one another both

no one many anybody other either

none most any others neither

Refl exive and Intensive Pronouns

P6

Formed by adding -self to singular pronoun and -selves to a plural pronoun.

myself yourself herself himself itself

ourselves yourselves themselves

Demonstrative Pronouns

P7

Point out persons and things.

this these that those

Three Confusing Pronouns

P8

Which do I really mean?

Possessive Pronoun Contraction(not pronouns)

Its It’s = it is

Your You’re = you are

Their They’re = they are

Pronoun Gender

P9

There are three genders:

Masculine Feminine Neutral

Nominative he she it

Objective him her it

Possessive his her, hers its

Interrogative Pronouns

P10

Introduce a question.

WhoWhom refer to person(s)Whose

What refer to things, places, or ideas

Which can refer to people or things

Relative Pronouns

P11

Relative pronouns introduce clauses in sentences.

WhoWhom refer to peopleWhose

Which refer to thingsWhat

That refers to things or people

Point of View (Writing in First, Second or Third

Person)

P12

Point of view refers to who is “speaking” in the writing. There are three “points of view.” When you write, stay in one “point of view.”

Singular Plural

First person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours It’s all about me.

Second person you, your, yours you, your, yours It’s all about you.

Third person he, she, it, him, her, its, this

they, them, theirs

It’s all about her.

Possessive Pronouns and Apostrophes

P13

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Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes.

your their itsher his myourDon’t mix these up with other words that sound the same but are spelled differently like:your you’reits it’s these are contractionstheir they’re