1. The 8 Parts of Speech
Pronouns

2. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun.
Joe gave the book to Mary. becomes He gave it to her.
The antecedent of a pronoun is the word or group of words referred to by the pronoun.
Ben rode his bike to school. (Ben is the antecedent of his.)

3. Personal Pronouns SINGULAR PLURAL
A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing by indicating the person speaking (the first person), the person being addressed (the second person), or any other person or thing being discussed (the third person).
SINGULAR PLURAL
First person : I, me we, us
Second person: you you
Third person: he, him, she, her, it they, them

4. Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun shows possession or control. It takes the place of a possessive noun.
Jim loaned Tabitha his car.
SINGULAR PLURAL
First person: my, mine our, ours
Second person: your, yours your, yours
Third person: his, her, hers, its their, theirs

5. Reflexive, Intensive, Demonstrative Pronouns
A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence.
They psyched themselves up for the football game.
An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun.
Freddie himself asked Julie out.
A demonstrative pronoun points out specific persons, places, things or ideas.
That is a good idea! Those are my friends.

6. Interrogative, Relative, Indefinite Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun is used to form questions.
Which is your choice? With whom were you playing video games?
A relative pronoun is used to introduce a subordinate clause.
The cake that we baked was delicious.
An indefinite pronoun refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way than a noun does.
Everyone has already voted. No one should enter without knocking.

7. WORKSHEET TIME!