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1 Pronouns: Day 1 _________: a word that is used to replace a noun _____________: the word the pronoun stands for – An antecedent may consist of more than one word – May appear in an earlier sentence Example: Ray said he wanted to audition. Ray and I auditioned together. We both got parts.

2 DAY 1: Personal Pronouns SingularPlural SubjectiveObjectiveSubjectiveObjective First PersonI (my, mine)** mewe (our, ours) us Second Personyou (your, yours) you (your, yours) you Third Personhe, she, it (his, her, hers, its) him, her, itthey (their, theirs) them ** Parentheses Indicate POSSESSIVE personal pronouns that are neither singular nor plural Possessive Pronouns show ownership or relationship____________________________ Activity: On page 10 do #1-6. Write the pronoun(s) in each sentence, write the antecedent, and label the pronoun as personal or possessive.

3 Pronouns: Day 2 _____________Pronoun: reflects action back upon the subject and adds information to the sentence – MUST have an antecedent! – Ex: Donna prepared herself for a long day. – Ex: The committee appointed Ted and myself. ____________Pronoun: adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence – Ex: The wait itself would take hours.

4 DAY 2: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns SingularPlural First Personmyselfourselves Second Personyourself Third Personhimself, herself, itselfthemselves Activity: On page 13 (A) do #5&6. Write the pronoun(s) in each sentence, list its antecedent, and label it as reflexive or intensive.

5 Pronouns: Day 3 ________________ pronouns: point out specific nouns; Indicate space/distance (i.e. near or far away) – Ex: The people will get better tickets than those (people) at the end. ______________ Pronoun: used to ask a question – Ex: What is your favorite song? ______________ Pronoun: used to introduce subordinate clauses – Ex: The seats [that the students asked for] were unavailable.

6 DAY 3: Demonstrative, Interrogative, and Relative Pronouns TypePronouns Demonstrative(near:) this, that; (far:) these, those InterrogativeWho, whom, whose, which, what RelativeWho, whom, whose, which, that Activity: On page 13 (A) do #4, 5, 8, & 9. Write the pronoun(s) in each sentence, list its antecedent, and label it as demonstrative, interrogative, or relative.

7 Pronouns: Day 4 _____________ Pronouns: does NOT refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea – Usually does ______have an ________________ – Ex: Many of the fans had arrived at 6 a.m. – Some pronouns will function as an ___________ (not a pronoun) in a sentence – (adjective) Ex: Several people had to wait in the rain. – “Several” is NOT a pronoun! – (pronoun) Ex: Several of the fans waited anxiously in the rain.

8 DAY 4: Indefinite Pronouns SingularPluralSingular OR Plural Another, anybody, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something Both, few, many, severalAll, any, more, most, none, some Activity: On page 13 (A) #3, 7, & 10. Write the indefinite pronoun(s) in each sentence and label it as singular or plural.


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