1. Kicking nouns out of the game since 1066AD
Pronouns!
Kicking nouns out of the game since 1066AD

2. Open to pp. 52

3. Personal Pronouns!! Takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns
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Personal Pronouns
Singular
Plural
First Person
I, me, my, mine
We, us, our, ours
Second Person
You, your, yours
Third Person
He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
They, them, their, theirs

4. Reflexive Pronouns First Person Myself, ourselves Second Person
Yourself, yourselves
Third Person
Himself, herself, itself, themselves

5. Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
This is our favorite campsite
The tomatoes we grew taste better than these.
Demonstrative Pronouns turn into Demonstrative Pronouns that act as Adjectives if they are followed by a Noun
Pronoun: This tastes good.
Adjective: This pizza tastes good.
This That These Those

6. Interrogative Pronouns
Introduce a question
What is the address of the house?
Whose is the red truck parked outside?
An interrogative pronoun will always be in a sentence with a question mark.
Who whom which what whose

7. Relative Pronouns That which who whom whose
A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause.
The dog that you trained is well behaved
She is the candidate who promises to listen to the people
That which who whom whose

8. “That” The word “that” can be a Demonstrative OR Relative Pronoun.
How do you tell the difference?
If “that” is a demonstrative pronoun, it will be pointing to a word or idea later in the sentence.
That is my favorite book.
That is going to be so fun!
If “that” is a relative pronoun, it will be beginning a clause that describes a noun in its sentence.
The book that I was talking about won the Novel Prize
The movie that is coming out in September is directed by Martin Scorsese.

9. Indefinite Pronoun
Refers to a person, place, idea, or thing that may or may not be specifically named
Everything we will need is packed in this truck
Has anyone called for Ms. Reagan?
All
Each other
Most
One another
Another
Either
Much
Other
Any
Everybody
Neither
Several
Anybody
Everyone
Nobody
Some
Anyone
Everything
None
Somebody
Anything
Few
No one
Someone
Both
Many
Nothing
Something
Each
More
One
Such

10. Identifying Pronouns in Sentences
Identify the pronouns in each of the following sentences and label their types.
All of the other members of my family like to go camping, but few of them enjoy the outdoors more than I do.
Last summer, several of my cousins and I stayed at a rustic camp in the Rocky mountains, which are not far from our hometown.
At camp we learned how to build a campfire and how to keep it going ourselves.
One of our counselors showed those who were interested how to cook themselves simple meals.
Each of his recipes was delicious and easy to follow, and everyone ate everything in sight.

11. Adjectives! An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.
To “modify” means “to describe” or “to make the meaning of a word more specific.” An adjective is a modifier that tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much.
What Kind?
Which One?
How Many?
How much?
spilled ink
this park
twenty miles
no salt
English tea
these papers
two men
enough water
howling winds
that house
several apples
some food

12. Articles The most frequently used adjectives are a, an, and the
A and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to any member of a general group. A is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound; an is used before a word beginning with a vowel.
A park ranger helped us.
Shady Lane is a one-way street. (One begins with a consonant sound)
We kept watch for an hour. (hour begins with a vowel sound)
The is called the definite article because it refers to someone or something in particular.
The park ranger helped us
They planted the acre with corn.

13. For HW, due Thursday in Grammar WKBK: p. 3, 1-5 and 11-15
In Vocab WKBK:
p. 6-8: Exercises 1A and 1B