PronounsPages 8-11 in your Grammar Handbook

Pronouns

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:› personal interrogative› demonstrative reflexive/intensive› relative possessive› indefinite

Personal pronouns

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

Personal pronouns

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

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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.

Reflexive Pronouns

First person reflexive pronouns› myself, ourselves

Second person reflexive pronouns› yourself, yourselves

Third person reflexive pronouns› himself, herself, itself themselves

Examples of Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Elena treated herself to a snack.

The dog gave itself a bath.

Albert himself organized the fundraiser.

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8. An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.

Who Whom Which WhatWhose

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9. A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause.

that which who whomwhose

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10. An indefinite pronoun refers to one or more

List of indefinite pronouns

allanotheranyanybodyanyoneanythingbotheacheithereveryone

everything

fewmanymoremostmuchneithernobodynone

no onenothingoneotherseveralsomesomebodysomethingsuch

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11. A possessive pronoun shows ownership.

Examples: your, my, our, theirs, etc.

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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