Pronouns

Personal Pronouns (Subject)

1st person 2nd person 3rd person Singular- I You He Plural- We You They

Personal Pronouns (Object)

1st person 2nd person 3rd person Singular- Me You Him, Her, It Plural- Us You Them

Personal Pronouns (Possessive)

1st person 2nd person 3rd person Singular- My, mine Your, yours His, Her, Hers, Its Plural- Our, ours Your, yours Their, theirs

Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, place, thing, or idea. Singular - this, that Plural - these, those THIS is my doughnut. THAT is your bagel. THESE are the class rules. THOSE are the troublemakers.

Possessive Pronouns

A possessive pronoun is a personal pronoun used to show ownership or possession. The magician kept HIS amazing secret for years. Is that fancy car YOURS?

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject. An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun in the same sentence. 1st person 2nd person 3rd person Singular- myself yourself herself, himself, itself Plural- ourselves yourselves themselves

Subject Pronoun

A subject pronoun is used as a subject in a sentence or as a predicate pronoun after a linking verb. HE thinks the diamond is cursed. (pronoun is subject) The royal beekeepers are THEY. (predicate pronoun after linking verb)

Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is used to introduce a question. who, whom refers to people what refers to things which refers to people or things whose indicates ownership or relationship

Object Pronoun

An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition. The mysterious death of Houdini fascinates ME. (pronoun as direct object that receives action of the verb) Kyle lent ME a video game about zombies. (pronoun as indirect object that tells to whom or what or for whom or what as action is performed) Will you save the seats for THEM? (pronoun as object of a preposition)

Reflexive Pronouns (examples)

Houdini called HIMSELF a master escape artist Gwendolyn dedicated HERSELF to learning all the great magician's tricks. Reflexive pronouns ARE necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

Pronoun Agreement

Pronouns MUST agree with their antecedents in number, person, and gender. One story has ITS setting in Japan. The zombies have THEIR motives for eating us. Lou likes HIS sandwiches with hot mustard. You don't want a zombie to bite YOUR arm off. Reader's know THEY shouldn't skip to the end. Mr. Powell has to use HIS mad zombie slaying skills to save the students.

Intensive Pronouns (examples)

You YOURSELVES have seen reality shows on television. I MYSELF like to play video games. Intensive pronouns ARE NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence, and if you drop them, the sentence will still make sense.

Antecedent

the word that a pronoun refers to

Pronoun

word used in place of a noun or another pronoun