1. Pronouns
She I He Us We

2. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun or another pronoun.

3. Example 1.Marie went for a walk. She went for a walk.
In the second sentence, she is a pronoun that takes the place of the noun Marie.

4. Antecedents
An antecedent is the noun the pronoun replaces or refers to. Jane and Margaret went shopping; they bought a new book at the store. “Jane and Margaret” is the antecedent. “They”is the pronoun that replaces it.

5. Pronouns (Nominative, Objective, Possessive Case)
Nominative - subject pronouns
We played soccer.
“We” is a subjective case pronoun
Objective Case, object pronouns
She kicked it.
“It” is a pronoun and “it” is receiving the action- it is being kicked.
Possessive case – pronoun shows ownership
The boys left their bookbags at school.

6. Personal/Possessive Pronouns
Singular Plural I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours You, your, yours you, your, yours He, she, it, him her they, them, their his, its, hers theirs

7. Object Pronouns
Singular Plural me us you you him, her, it them (whom, whoever)

8. 8 Types of Pronouns Personal/Possessive Reflexive Intensive
Demonstrative
Indefinite
Relative
Interrogative

9. 1. Personal Pronouns
A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about.
Karen ate pizza.
She was hungry.
The word "she" is a personal pronoun that refers to "Karen."

10. ME!

11. Possessive Pronouns
Take the place of a possessive noun (show ownership).
Matthew’s book is on Matthew’s desk.
Replace the second Matthew’s with a pronoun.

12. Examples Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine
We, us, our, ours
Second Person
You, your, yours
You, your , yours
Third person
He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
They, them, their, theirs

13. 2. Reflexive Pronouns
A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence. It ends in "-self" or “-selves”
Bob enjoyed himself at the gym.
“Himself” is a reflexive pronoun; it is necessary for the sentence
to make sense.

14. 3. Intensive Pronouns
An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun. It also end in –self or –selves.
It is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
Did you decorate the room yourself?
“yourself” is not necessary to include.

15. Reflexive and Intensive Examples
Singular
Plural
Myself
Ourselves
Yourself
Yourselves
Himself
Themselves
Herself
itself

16. Grrrr… Reflexive- NECESSARY Intensive- UNECESSARY
To lift weights, one must FLEX their muscles.
However, one doesn’t have to be INTENSE and make grunting and growling noises.
Grrrr…

17. 4. Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to persons, places, or things, in general. It may or may not be specifically named.
Someone stole my wallet!
The word "someone" is the
indefinite pronoun.
The indefinite pronoun that is a subject must agree with the verb in number.

18. Indefinite Exampes Singular Plural Anybody, anyone, Each, either,
Every, everybody,
Everyone,
Neither, nobody,
No one, nothing, one
Both
Many
Few
several

19. 5. Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that replaces and points out a person, place, thing, or idea.
This That These Those
These are sour.
The word "these" is a demonstrative pronoun; it replaces the word lemons.

20. 6. Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
Who, whom, and which are interrogative pronouns.
Who wrote Twilight?
The word “Who" is an interrogative pronoun.

21. 7. Relative Pronouns
Pronouns that introduce a relative clause that relates to another word in the sentence.
Who, whom, whose, which, that
The boy who cried wolf was attacked at the end of the story.