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The Pronoun
Pronoun
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Definition: A pronoun is a word used in
place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
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The word that the pronoun stands for is called
its antecedent.
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Jeremy fed his pet llama apples and beef jerky.
PRONOUN
ANTECEDENT
Types of Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
 Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
 Demonstrative
 Interrogative
 Relative
 Indefinite
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Personal Pronouns
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As these pronouns often replace nouns
representing people, they are called…
I
Personal Pronouns
First
Person
I, me, my, mine, we, us,
our, ours
Second
Person
you, your, yours
Third
Person
he, him, his, she, her,
hers, it, them, their,
theirs
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
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A reflexive pronoun ends "...self" or
"...selves" and refers to another noun or
pronoun in the sentence.
 Example:
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I don’t feel like myself today.
An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun
or another pronoun.
 Example:
Shayna baked the cake herself.
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
First
Person
Second
Person
Third
Person
IMPORTANT:
always HIMSELF!
myself, ourselves
yourself, yourselves
himself, herself, itself,
themselves
HISSELF is NOT a word! It is
Demonstrative Pronouns
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A demonstrative pronoun is used to
demonstrate or indicate.
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The 4 demonstrative pronouns are this, that,
these, and those.
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That is my favorite song!
Indefinite Pronoun
Unlike demonstrative pronouns, which
point out specific items, indefinite
pronouns are used for non-specific things.
 This is the largest group of pronouns.
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 "All",
"some", "any", "several", "anyone", "nobody",
"each", "both", "few", "either", "none", "one" and
"no one" are the most common.
Interrogative Pronoun
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These pronouns are used in questions.
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what, which, who, whom, and whose
interrogative pronouns.
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What is your name?
Whom do you love?
Relative Pronouns
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Relative pronouns are used to add more
information to a sentence.

that, which, who, whom, and whose
 Example:
In Language, which is my favorite class,
we learned about pronouns today.