1.  a word used in place of a noun  Kinds of Pronouns  Subject Pronouns  Object Pronouns  Possessive Pronouns  Personal Pronouns  Reflexive Pronouns  Indefinite Pronouns

2. I WeYou He, She,ItThey Examples: He saw the ship. They are two years old.

3.  When a pronoun is used after linking verbs. Example: Great Friends were they.

4. SingularPlural meusyou him, her, itthem Examples: Please give me the ball. The dog hit it. Sarah showed them beautiful flowers. Many people worked for him.

5. Object pronouns used as direct objects, indirect objects and objects of a preposition. ***NEVER USE ME AS A SUBJECT PRONOUN. Dad and I are going to the zoo.

6. Singular Plural My, mine Our, ours Your, yours Yours, Your His, her, hers, Its Their, theirs Personal/Possessive pronouns are used as ADJECTIVES. Ex: The dog gave its bone to Bobby. His name is John.

7.  Myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves  Pronouns that end in – self and –selves  Mike gave himself a big raise.  Our guests served themselves dinner.  ***Remember: Reflexive Pronouns refer back to the subject. Intensive pronouns can be Appositives. I myself would not say that.

8.  All, another, any, anyone, both, each, everybody, everything, few, many, most, no one, some, several  Ex: Everyone brought his or her special dish to the party.  Some Indefinite pronouns can be both singular and plural.  Some Indefinite pronouns can be used as pronouns, nouns (Subjects) and adjectives.  Ex: All of the girls will be eating ice cream.  All of the food was great.  Several men went to the store on sale day.

9. Interrogative pronouns: who, whompeople whatthings whichto people or things whoseownership **Who is always used as subject or predicate pronoun. Ex: Who was that man? The winner was who?

10. Whom is always used as an object.  Whom did you call? “You did call whom”  You told whom our secret? “You told our secret to whom”  For whom did the caller ask? “The caller did ask for whom” **DON’T CONFUSE WHOSE FOR WHO’S. WHO’S IS A CONTRACTION FOR WHO IS. Who’s your friend?Whose name is it? Your friend is whoIt is whose name

11. - point out a person, place, thing or idea. - this, that, these and those Singular: This is mine. That is the right answer. Plural: These are my favorite books. Those are too small.

12. Sometimes a pronoun is followed directly by an appositive, a noun that identifies the pronoun. We skaters have rehearsal. The mayor praised us lifeguards.