1. What is a Pronoun? Keith Calleja 5.1
PRONOUNS
What is a Pronoun?
Keith Calleja 5.1

2. A Pronoun is a word which is used instead of a Noun.
What is a Pronoun?
A Pronoun is a word which is used instead of a Noun.

3. The Pronouns are:
I You He She It We They

4. Some examples are: Tom and Kate went shopping.
Tom and Kate bought everything.
They bought everything.

5. John was sick.
John took his medicine.
He took his medicine.

6. The Pronouns as an Object.
Subject Object I Me You You He Him She Her It It We Us You You They Them

7. After a Preposition we use the Object.
I gave a book to him.
Between you and me, he is rather lazy.

8. After a Conjunction we use the Subject.
My cousin is younger than I.(am)
My mother bought more items than I .(did)

9. Possessive Pronouns
We use Possessive Pronouns to show that something belongs to someone.
The Possessive Pronouns are My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their

10. Examples: The dog found its ball. Sally took her cat to the vet.
That is my book.
The dog found its ball.
Sally took her cat to the vet.
This is his pencil.