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What’re Pronouns?A pronoun can replace a noun or
another pronoun
Why pronouns?To make sentences appear less
awkward and repetitive.
PersonalPronouns
Subjective
Objective
Possessive
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Subjective Personal Pronouns
Description Example Model sentence
Pronoun acts as subject of the sentence
He ; She ; It
I ; You; We; They
He was the oddest looking child she has ever laid eyes on.
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Description Example Model sentence
Pronoun acts as object of a verb, compound verb, infinitive phrase or preposition
Me; You, Her; Him; It; Us; They
The mugger snatched her purse and sped off towards the opposite direction.
Objective Personal Pronouns
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Possessive Personal Pronouns
Description Example Model sentence
Pronoun acts as marker of possession and defines an ownership of a particular object or person.
Mine; Yours; Hers; Its; Theirs, His; Ours
The fanciest gift is his.
This stack of paper is all yours.
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Who Whom
Whose
Which
That
Relative Pronouns
What’s This?
What is a Relative Pronoun?
A pronoun used to link a phrase or a clause (sentences) together to from one sentence instead.
Example sentence
Relative Pronouns
PeopleWho
Whom
Possesion Whose
Things Which
Things & People That
Sentence 1:
Sentence 2 :
Complete Sentence:
The cat belongs to Ann
The cat caught the rat
The cat which caught the rat belongs to Ann
Sentence 1:
Sentence 2 :
Complete Sentence:
This is the man.
The man killed the snake.
This is the man who killed the snake.
Interrogativepronouns
used in order to ask a question
They only have one form since the plural
and singular forms are indistinguishable
Whose Whom Which What Where
-ever/-soever+
Forms:
Subject Object Possesive
Who (people) Whom(people) Whose(possesive relation)
Which(people & object)
What(people & object)
WHAT
What time is it?
WHICH
Which chair are you talking about?
WHO
Who are you?
WHOSE Whose car did you drive here?
WHOM
Whom did you phone?
For whom will you vote?
Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative Adjective
Which
What
Relative Pronoun
Who
Whom
Which
Reflexive Pronoun?
'reflects' the person to whom the pronoun refers to.
[it’s a pronoun that ends with -self / -selves]
Yourself
Themselves
Myself Yourselve
s
Them
selv
es
Hers
elf Him
self
Ourselve
s
Itself
The Dean often does the photocopying herself so that the secretaries can do more
important work.
Diabetics give themselves insulin shots several times a day.
Indefinite pronounPronouns that does not refer to any particular person or thing.
body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things:
Somebody Someone Something
anybody anyone anything
nobody no one nothing
everybody everyone everything
• A singular verb is used after an indefinite pronoun:
Example: Everybody loves Sally.
Everything was ready for the party.
When refering back to an indefinite pronoun, a plural pronoun is used: Example:
Everybody enjoyed the concert. They stood up and clapped.
• adding -'s to an indefinite pronoun makes a possessive pronoun.
Example: They were staying
in somebody’s house. Is this anybody’s coat?
• indefinite pronouns with no- is used as the subject in negative clauses (not pronouns with any.)
Example: Anybody didn’t come >> Nobody came.
• ‘else’ is used after indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things in addition to the ones already mentioned.
Example:
If Michael can’t come we’ll ask somebody else.
INTENSIVE PRONOUN
An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasise its antecedent.
Example Sentence
I myself believe that aliens should abduct my sister.
The Prime Minister himself said that he would lower taxes.
They themselves promised to come to the party even though they had a final exam at the same time.
Demonstrative pronouns
Plural nouns
These Those
Singular nouns
This That
Points to and identifies a noun or pronoun.
Example Sentence
Three customers wanted these.
This must not continue.
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