2.  A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns.  The word that the pronoun refers to is called the antecedent.  There are seven types of pronouns: › personalinterrogative › demonstrativereflexive/intensive › relativepossessive › indefinite

3.  Personal pronouns refer to the one speaking ( first person ), the one spoken to ( second person ), and the one spoken about ( third person ).

4.  First person personal pronouns › I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours  Second person personal pronouns › you, your, yours  Third person personal pronouns › he, him, his, she, her hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

5. 5. A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of a sentence and functions as a complement or as an object of a preposition. 6. An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent and serves no grammatical purpose.

6.  First person reflexive pronouns › myself, ourselves  Second person reflexive pronouns › yourself, yourselves  Third person reflexive pronouns › himself, herself, itself themselves

7. Elena treated herself to a snack. The dog gave itself a bath. Albert himself organized the fundraiser.

8. 8. An interrogative pronoun introduces a question. Who WhomWhichWhatWhose

9. 9. A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause. thatwhichwhowhom whose

10. 10. An indefinite pronoun refers to one or more

11. all another any anybody anyone anything both each either everyone everything few many more most much neither nobody none no one nothing one other several some somebody something such

12. 11. A possessive pronoun shows ownership. Examples: your, my, our, theirs, etc.

13. 12. A demonstrative pronoun points out a specific person, place thing or idea. It takes the place of what it points out. Examples this thatthese those