LESSON 7 GRAMMAR LESSON:PRONOUNS

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WHAT ARE PRONOUNS

Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns.

TYPES OF PRONOUNS

Personal Pronouns- A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case. Ex: 1st person - the one(s) speaking  (I  me my  mine  we  us our ours)        2nd person - the one(s) spoken to  (you your yours)       3rd person - the one(s) spoken about  (he  him  his  she her hers  it  its  they  their  theirs) 

Objective Personal Pronouns- An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. Ex: “Me," "you," "her," "him," "it," "us," "you," and "them.“

Possessive Personal Pronouns- A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person.Ex: “Mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs.“.

CONTINUATION

Demonstrative Pronouns- A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun.Ex: “This," "that," "these," and "those.“

Interrogative Pronouns- An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions.Ex: “Who," "whom," "which," "what“, whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever.

Relative Pronouns- You can use a relative pronoun is used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. Ex: “Who," "whom," "that,“ "which, “whoever," "whomever," and "whichever”.

Indefinite Pronouns- An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun referring to an identifiable but not specified person or thing.Ex: “All," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone."

CONTINUATION (PART 2)

Reflexive Pronouns- You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence.Ex: “Myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves.“

Intensive Pronouns- An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasize its antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.

EXAMPLES

Examples are in order.

ACCREDIT- TO RECOGNIZE AS HAVING MET OFFICIAL STANDARDS.

He has the power to accredit all the banks in the state.

CREDENCE- ACCEPTANCE AS TRUE OR VALID.

Suzie Crabgrass told her not to give credence to everything on the internet.

CREDENTIAL- A LETTER OR OTHER WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF A PERSON’S QUALIFICATIONS OR STATUS. My son, Peter, lacks the credential for

the job.

CREDIBILITY- THE QUALITY OF DESERVING CONFIDENCE.

This website would be a good example, of a news source with very little credibility.

CREDITABLE- PRAISEWORTHY

To whom, should I congratulate for this creditable essay on the fine arts?

CREDULOUS- TENDING TO BELIEVE TOO READILY

That gullible boy is very credulous.

CREED- ANY STATEMENT OR SYSTEM OF BELIEF

Everyone in the college fraternity should follow the fraternity's creed.

DISCREDIT- TO CAST DOUBT ON

Many devoted Catholics discredited themselves during the Renaissance.

INCREDIBLE- AMAZING

I consider myself to be incredible.

MISCREANT- A PERSON WHO BEHAVES DISORDERLY

The miscreant got into a fight with the teacher.