1. 7 Types of PRONOUNS

2. 7 KINDS OF PRONOUNS PERSONAL = refers to persons, he, she
REFLEXIVE = refers back to the subject
INTENSIVE = emphasizes the subject
DEMONSTRATIVE = points to with gesture
INDEFINITE = unsure, some, few
INTERROGATIVE = question words, who
RELATIVE = relates 2 sentences (which)

3. PERSONAL PRONOUNS 1st person 2nd person 3rd person SINGULAR
I, me, my, mine
you, your, yours
he, him, his
she, her, hers
it, its
PLURAL
we, us, our, ours
you, you, yours
they, them, their, theirs
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

4. What is an antecedent
An antecedent is the noun that is being replaced.
Ex: Mary ate all her vegetables.
(Mary is the antecedent, her is the pronoun)

5. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS reflect back to the subject
Congratulate yourself!
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS reflect back to the subject
herself
I saw myself in the mirror.
Kim wrote a note to herself.
They served themselves last.
**HINT** ends in –self or –selves. If you take it out of the sentence and it doesn’t make sense, you need it, it’s reflexive!
Refers to the subject and is necessary for the sentence to make sense
himself
itself
themselves
refer back to the subject

6. emphasizes antecedent
INTENSIVE PRONOUN
emphasizes antecedent
An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent and is not needed for the sentence to make sense.
I myself saw him.
She herself organized the concert.
The president himself has denied the rumor.
*if you take out the underlined pronoun the sentence still makes sense. Ends in –self or -selves
The principal herself congratulated us.

7. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Want this?
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
POINT OUT A SPECIFIC PERSON, PLACE, THING OR IDEA
I hate this.
Did Megan give you that?
She wants these.
Will you be using those?
this
that
these
those

8. some many few none all everybody both each Some like it hot.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: REFER TO A PERSON, PLACE, THING OR AN IDEA THAT MAY OR NOT BE SPECIFICALLY NAMED
both each
Some like it hot.
None wants it cold.
All are happy.
All are equal, but some are more equal.

9. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS: Introduces a question
QUESTION WORDS
who whom whose
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS: Introduces a question
PRONOUNS USED TO ASK QUESTIONS
What is the answer to the last question?
Whose book is this?
Who are you?
Whom did you send to the store?
**Who, Whom, Whose, What, Which**
What's bugging you?
Whom should I give this to?

10. conjuction pronoun RELATIVE PRONOUN works as a pronoun
RELATIVE PRONOUN RELATES TO A WORD THAT COMES BEFORE (ANTECEDENT) AND JOINS IT TO A DEPENDENT CLAUSE
2 JOBS: A PRONOUN + A CONNECTOR
She is a woman.
She runs for mayor.
She is the woman, who runs for mayor.
You saw the house.
It is historical landmark.
The house that you saw is a historical landmark.
works as a
pronoun

11. RELATIVE PRONOUN CLAUSE
A relative pronoun clause modifies a noun or a noun phrase.
Relative clauses give essential information to define or identify the person or thing we are talking about.
An example using the relative pronoun that in the sentence
"This is the house that Jack built." Here that Jack built is a relative clause modifying the noun house.

12. RELATIVE PRONOUN CLAUSES (cont.)
They are used to provide extra information. This information can either:
define something (defining clause), Example: The girl who is standing there is a world champion in karate.
or provide unnecessary, but interesting information (non-defining clause). Example: Michael Jackson, who was a famous singer, will always be known as the king of Pop music.