KINDS OF PRONOUNS TEST REVIEW

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Interrogative Pronouns

An

interrogative

pronoun is used to ask a question The

interrogative

pronouns are

who, whom, whose, which, what Who

is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence.

Whom

is used when the pronoun is the object of the verb or preposition.

Examples:

Who

was the first president?

To

whom

do we owe this honor?

Whose

is used to show ownership Example:

Whose

book is on the desk?

Which

and

What

can be in the

Nominative and Objective Cases

.

To figure out the Case of and you need to 1. Create an answer to the question and put it into a telling sentence.

2. Label the use of the answer in the telling sentence to determine its case.

Examples:

Which What

book belongs to you? The

biography

is the book that belongs to me.

did the spacecraft use as fuel? The

spacecraft

used oil for fuel.

Interrogative Pronouns

• • • • • • • • • • • • 3.

a) b) c) d) 4.

a) b) c) d)

Fill in the blanks with suitable interrogative pronouns. Create answers to determine the use and case of the interrogative pronoun.

1.

———————- did you invite to preside over the meeting?

a) b) c) d) 2.

Who Whom What Whose She asked ——————- I preferred, tea or coffee?

a) b) c) d) Who That Which Whom Of ———————- are you speaking?

Who Whom Whose None of these ——————- do you want to do?

What Which That Whom 5. _____________ copybook is on the table?

a) b) c) d) Who Whom Whose None of these

Demonstrative Pronouns

• A demonstrative pronoun represents a thing or things and “points” it out.

• • near in distance or time (

this

,

these

) far in distance or time (

that

,

those

) • • • • • • Here are some examples with demonstrative pronouns. Label the demonstrative pronouns’ number and location.

This

tastes good.

Have you seen

These

Do you like

this these

?

?

are bad times. • • • •

That

is beautiful. Look at

that

!

Those

were the days!

Can you see

those

?

• •

This

is heavier than

that

.

These

are bigger than

those

.

Indefinite Pronouns

• An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". • Some typical indefinite pronouns are:

all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone

•

Indefinite

pronouns used as subjects and their verbs must agree.

• Singular

indefinite

pronouns should have a singular verb and singular verbs usually end with –s in the present tense.

• Plural

indefinite

pronouns should have a plural verb and plural verbs usually

do not

end with –s in the present tense.

Indefinite Pronouns

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Directions: Write the subject (an indefinite pronoun). Write the correct verb. Label the subject and verb’s number to show your proof of correct agreement.

Another of the chimpanzees (play, plays) the drums. Both (take, takes) ice skating lessons. Someone from the park district (say, says) we need a permit for our picnic. Many of the glasses (are, is) broken. One of my uncles (own, owns) a gas station. All of the laundry (need, needs) ironing. We were glad to see that several of you (pitch, pitches) a tent so well. Everybody (cheer, cheers) when Darlene scores a basket. Most of the frogs in the pond (is, are) fully grown. Each of the team captains (plan, plans) his or her team strategy. Some of the icicles (is, are) falling from the roof. No one in any of my classes (study, studies) harder than I do. All of the elevators (is, are) out of order. Everything I say (make, makes) Terry laugh. Either Lou or Estelle (is, are) in charge.

Indefinite Pronouns

• When using a negative

indefinite

pronoun such as

nobody, no one,

or

nothing

do not use it with another negative word such as

not

or

never

. Use

anybody, anyone,

or

anything

instead.

• Examples: • I do

n’t

want

anything

from the snack bar.

• She bought

nothing

from the snack bar.

Distributive Pronouns

•

A

distributive

pronoun refers to each person, place, or thing separately (aka one at a time) – The

3 distributive pronouns

are

each, either, neither

and they are always singular.

•

Remember these 3 pronouns are also considered indefinite and

indefinite

pronouns used as subjects and their verbs must agree.

• Singular

indefinite

pronouns should have a singular verb and singular verbs usually end with –s in the present tense.

• Plural

indefinite

pronouns should have a plural verb and plural verbs usually

do not

end with –s in the present tense.

Distributive Pronouns

•

Each

boy

was

given a prize.

•

Either

road

leads

to the railway station.

•

Neither

accusation

is

true.

•

Each, either

and

neither

are called

distributive pronouns

because they refer to persons or things one at a time. Note that a distributive pronoun is always singular and as such it should be followed by a singular noun and verb.