1. Pronouns
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2. He, she, I, we, you, it, they Personal Pronouns
Pronouns literally take the place of a noun.
John took book to the Media Center.
John’s
his
Personal Pronouns
He, she, I, we, you, it, they
Once you know these you know possessive and objective pronouns.

3. Objective Pronouns
Take the personal pronouns and put a preposition in front of it. Object of the preposition. Objective form – get it?
It is for he
him
It is for she
her
It is for I me
It is for we us
It is for you
you
It is for it it
It is for they
them

4. Possessive Pronouns MINE MINE MINE It belongs to he It is his
Possessive shows possession (DUH!) Take the personal pronouns and add “it belongs to” before it for the possessive form.
It belongs to he
It is his
It belongs to she
It is her(s)
It belongs to I
It is my/mine
It belongs to we
It is our(s)
It belongs to you
It is your(s)
It belongs to it
It is its (no ')
It belongs to they
It is their(s)
MINE
MINE
MINE

5. Reflexive Pronouns myself itself yourself ourselves himself yourselves
Reflexive sounds like reflection.  Reflexive pronouns includes self.
myself
itself
yourself
ourselves
himself
yourselves
herself
themselves

6. The same words as reflexive
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
The same words as reflexive
Emphasizes (intensifies) a noun or another pronoun and must be directly after what is refers to.
She herself will go to the bank.
He himself must make that choice.

7. Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are non-specific. If I say no one is here, I could mean no one in class, or no one in school, or no one in the city, or no one in the state, or no one in the country . . .
all
most
another
much
both
neither
each
none
either
one
few
other
many
several
more
some
All of these are singular
-body
-one
-thing
any
anybody
anyone
anything
every
everybody
everyone
everything no
nobody
no one
nothing
some
somebody
someone
something

8. ANTECEDENTS
The noun that the pronoun is referring to. A common mistake in writing is to use a pronoun that is confusing to the reader.
Evan and Joe were walking home, but he got tired and had to sit down.
Which he? Evan or Joe?