WHAT IS A PRONOUN?

l A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another

pronoun.

1.Marge went for a walk.

2.  She went for a walk.

In the second sentence, she is a pronoun that takes the place of

the noun Marge.

Let’s look at an example.

1 Personal pronouns refer to specific persons or

things.

Karen ate pizza. She was hungry.

The word "she" is a personal pronoun that refers to

"Karen."

Types of pronouns

2 Reflexive pronouns are personal pronouns that

have "-self" or "-selves" added to the end. These can also be called compound pronouns.

Bob finished the homework all by “himself” .

The reflexive pronoun is "himself."

Intensive pronouns reemphasize the noun (the antecedent) in a sentence so it does not need to

be repeated. We ourselves made the meal.

Other intensive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself,

herself, ourselves, themselves, itself and yourselves. NOTE THEIRSELVES AND HISELF ARE NOT

WORDS

I’m Confused.

Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.

Jim bought himself a shirt. Tom hurt himself when he fell from the tree.

Intensive pronouns are the same pronouns used to emphasize

or intensify the noun. The president himself signed the treaty.

The boys themselves made the birthday cake for their mother.

What is the difference between a reflexive and intensive pronoun?

3 Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do

not refer to a specific person or thing. Someone, anybody, and, everyone are

indefinite pronouns. Someone stole my wallet!

The word "someone" is the indefinite pronoun.

4 A demonstrative pronoun is used to single out one or

more nouns referred to in the sentence. This, that, these, and those are demonstrative

pronouns. I like lemons, but these are too sour.

The word "these" is a demonstrative pronoun.

5 Interrogative pronouns are used to ask a question. Who, whom, and which are interrogative pronouns.

Who will run the race?

The word “who" is an interrogative pronoun.

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Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership, but they never have an apostrophe.

Ours, his, their, and her are possessive pronouns. Those are his pencils.

The word "his" is a possessive pronoun.

7 Relative pronouns relate one part of the sentence to

the other (the antecedent). That, which, whose, whomever and who are some of

the relative pronouns.

The girl who lives in that house is my friend. Who is a relative pronoun. It relates to the

antecedent(the subject that comes before in this case – girl).

1 Kris went to the game. ____ brought her little

brother with her.

Kris went to the game. She brought her

little brother with her.

2 Randy left ____ baseball

glove at home.

Randy left his baseball glove at home.

Someone left a

book on the playground.

4 _____ pair of shoes belongs to James?

Which pair of shoes belongs to James?

5 That beach blanket is

____.

That beach blanket is ours.

6 The president __________

signed the treaty.

6 The president himself

signed the treaty.