What are Pronouns?

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By Gloria Chavalos BY Gloria Chavalos

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Pronoun Project!

Fold your paper into 8 squares (number 1-8) Write the definition and the examples for each type of pronoun Illustrate each section in a creative way that will help you remember them

8 Parts of the Foldable:

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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Antecedent Subject Object Possessive Reflexive Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite

What are pronouns?

Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.

Example:
Halloween is one of America's holidays. It is celebrated in October. (Halloween is a noun. It is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, Halloween.)

Example:
When Robert was fixing the car, he cut his hand.

(Robert is a noun. He is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, Robert.)

Personal Pronouns
Refer to people or things Include: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs, we, us, our, ours.

ME!

Examples:
He took her place in the game. 2. Their main objective is to scare students.
1.

Choose the correct pronoun.

Skateboards are fun, but can be dangerous. A. them B. it C. they D. we

Now you try. Which of the following contains a correct pronoun?

A. A hill is next to them. It is very steep. B. Jeff rides his new bike. Him rides it down the block. C. Rickie gets on the plane. They are very excited about his trip.

2. Subject Pronouns

Used as the subject of the sentence

Singular I You He, she, it Plural We You they

They went to the Halloween party. You should wear a scary costume.

3. Object Pronouns

Used as direct objects, as indirect objects, or as the objects of prepositions

Plural

Singular

Me
You Him, her, it

Us
You Them

Scary stories fascinate us. Jen gave me a book on vampires. Can you read the story to them?

4. Possessive Pronouns

Used to show ownership or relationship

Plural Our, ours Your, yours Their, theirs

Singular My, mine Your, yours Her, his, its

Remember, possessive pronouns NEVER use an apostrophe!

I dropped my phone and broke its screen. That is his laptop.

5. Reflexive Pronouns

Directs the action of the verb back to the subject

The winners considered themselves lucky.

End in self or selves.

Yourself Herself, himself, itself

Myself

Ourselves

Yourselves

themselves

6. Interrogative Pronouns

Used to introduce a question

Who Whom What Which Whose

Who likes ghost stories? Which story is the most frightening?

7. Demonstrative Pronouns

Points out a person, place, thing, or idea

This That These Those

This is Mrs. Wendy Witch.

These are her favorite colors.

That is her new broom.

Those are her old boots.

8. Indefinite Pronouns

Do NOT refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea Do NOT have antecedents
Singular Plural
Anybody No one Something Everyone Both Few Many Several

Singular or Plural
All Any Most None

Another Nobody Anything Each

Neither Anyone Nothing One

Either Everybody

Somebody Someone

Everything

Some

Indefinite Pronouns

Everyone should know about pronouns. All of you should pass the test. Most people think pronouns are simple, but theres a lot to them!