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

Personal PronounsChapter 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. 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

Dory says:

“Don’t forget:

there are NO apostrophes in a possessive pronoun!”

Possessive PronounsChapter 3, Lesson 4, Page 65

“Mine! Mine! Mine!”

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

Dory says:

“Don’t forget:

there are NO apostrophes in a possessive pronoun!”

Reflexive and Intensive PronounsChapter 3, Lesson 5, Page 68

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 and Demonstrative PronounsChapter 3, Lesson 6, Page 70

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-Pronoun AgreementChapter 3, Lesson 8, Page 76

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

Any pronoun containing one, thing or body is SINGULAR.

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.

Dory says:

“Don’t forget:

there are NO apostrophes in a possessive pronoun!”

Remember:You will have a test on pronouns on Friday, October 15th!