Pronouns

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(1st, 2nd, 3rd) Person Ponouns

1st= I 2nd= You 3rd = He, She, It, and They

Possessive Pronouns

A possessive pronon shows ownership and takes the place of a noun. Therefore, it is not immediately followed by a noun and can stand alone. This backpack is mine.

Pronouns Agree with the Antecedent

A pronoun can refer to something earlier in the text, called the antecedent. The pronoun and its antecedent must agree in: Number -- Either singular or plural--gender -- Either male or female --person-- either first, second, or third

Reflexive Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun is similar to an intensive pronoun. The main difference is the location of the pronoun. For reflexive pronouns, the subject and the object are the same person. example I made it myslef.

Relative Pronouns

A relative pronoun is used to join a dependent clause ( a group of related words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone). =a comples sentemce The relative pronoun can be either the subject or the object of the dependent clause.

Indefinite Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun does not take the place of another noun. Instead, an indefinite pronoun acts as a noun. Most indefinite pronouns are singulare and require a singulare verb.An indeefinite pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence.

Intensive Pronouns

An intensive pronoun ends in-- self ( or -selves) and emphasizes the noun or pronoun. It also immediately follows the noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns identify or point to nouns. demonstrative pronouns refer to people, places, things, and ideas. They are (this, that these and those)

Gender Pronouns

Male pronouns= He Female pronouns= She

First person

Refers to the speaker or the writer. Personal pronouns are I or We

Possessive Adjectives

Shows ownership but is immediately followed by a noun. It cannot stand alone. This is my backpack.

Subject Pronoun Singular and Plural

Singular= I, You , He, She, It, One Plural= We, You ,and they

Subject pronoun Singular and Plural

Singular= I, You, He, she, and It. Plural= We, You, and They

Possessive Pronouns Singular and Plural

Singular= Mine, Yours, his, hers Plural= Ours, yours, theirs

Intensive Pronouns Singular and Plural

Singular= Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself Plural=ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Object Pronouns Singular and Plural

Singular= me, you, him, her, it. Plural= us, you, and them.

Reflexive Pronouns Singular and Plural

Singular= myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, and oneself Plural= ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Pronouns Singular and Plural

Singular=I, You, He, She, and It Plural= I, You, They

Possessive Adjectives Singural and Plural

Singurlar= my, your, his, her and its Plural= our, your, and their

Common Indefinite Pronouns

anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, no one, nobody, nothing, somebody, someone, something

A personal pronoun

can be identified by its "person"

A Pronoun

can replace a noun - a person, place, thing or idea-- in a sentence.

Subject pronoun

can replace the subject noun-- a person, place, thing, or idea-- in a sentence. They are I

interrogative pronouns

introduce questions. Interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom or whose.

Relative pronouns when referring to people when referring to places things, or ideas

people=who, whom, whoever or whomever places/things/ideas= which, that or whatever

Object Pronouns

recieves the action from the verb. The object noun can be replaced with an appropriate object pronoun.

Third person

refers to the person or people b eing talked about or written about. The personal pronounds used are he, she, it, and they.

Second Person

refers to the preson or people being spoken to or written to. The personal pronouns used us "You" both one person and more than one person.


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