Transcript Pronouns
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a
noun.
Personal Pronouns
Refer to specific people and things. In order to use
personal pronouns you need to know:
Case- Subject, object and possessive
Number- Singular or plural
Person- First, second, or third
Subject Pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Subject pronouns are used as a subject or a
predicate noun
I am the lion tamer, and you are just the lion.
It was she who did that.
Object Pronouns
Me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Object pronouns are used as indirect objects,
direct objects or object of a preposition
Dad told me to give him the cake.
The boys are going with us and them.
The teacher saw you do it.
Possessive Pronouns
Take the place of possessive nouns
Her sandwich is much thinker than his.
Lola’s sandwich is much thicker than Larry’s.
Uses of Personal Pronouns
Subject of a sentence
He ran for the school bus.
Predicate pronouns
The leader of the trop is he.
Direct object of a verb
I saw her at the mall.
Indirect object of a verb
Try to sell them a glass of lemonade.
Object of a preposition
The truckload of feathers fell on them.
Appositive
The new students, Tim and she, were asked to stand.
To show possession (ownership)
This is their science project.
Number of a pronoun
Shows whether the pronoun refers to a single
person or thing or more than one person or thing
Number is important because it tells you what
verb to use
Singular pronouns are
I, me, my, mine, he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, or, its
Plural pronouns
We, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs
You and yours are both!
First, Second, and Third
Person Pronoun
First person
I, we
Me, us
My, mine, our, ours
Second Person
You, your, yours
Third Person
He, she, it
His, her, hers, its
Him, her, it
They, them, their, theirs
Five other kinds of pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns point out specific
persons, animals, places, things, and ideas
Indefinite pronouns refer to nouns in a general,
indefinite sort of way
Intensive pronouns emphasize a noun or another
pronoun
Reflexive pronouns they don’t intensify but refer
back to the subject of the sentence
Interrogative pronouns ask questions
Demonstrative Pronouns
This
That
These
Those
Indefinite Pronouns
All
Another
Any
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Both
Each
Either
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Few
Many
Neither
Nobody
No one
Nothing
One
Others
Several
Some
Somebody
Someone
Something
Intensive Pronouns
Singular
Myself
Plural
Yourself
Ourselves
Himself
Yourselves
Herself
Themselves
itself
Interrogative
What, which, who, whom, whose