Pronouns

Here is a presentation designed to teach you about Pronouns and how they are grammatically used.

By: Preshy SathambakkamAcademic 1Mrs. Brumfield

What are pronouns?

• It is a word that replaces or takes place of a noun

• They usually stand for an individual (or thing) whose identity is made clearer in the text

Examples of Pronouns:• He• She• It• They• Himself• Herself• Themselves• We• You• Him• Her• I• Me • Them

Different Types of Pronouns:

• Relative Pronoun

• Antecedent Pronoun

• Demonstrative Pronoun

• Intensive Pronoun

• Indefinite Pronoun

• Interrogative Pronoun

• Object Pronoun

• Reflexive Pronoun

Relative Pronoun

• A pronoun that introduces a relative clause that are used in reference to other nouns

Examples: who, that, which, whom, whose, whoever, whichever, whomever, whatever

Antecedent Pronoun

• A word that comes before a pronoun to which the pronoun refers

• Precedes the pronoun

Example: Everything here has its own box.

Demonstrative Pronoun

• A pronoun that stand in for a person, place, or thing that it must be pointed to

Common Examples: this, that, these, those

Intensive Pronoun

• Are used only to place emphasis on the subject

• Formed by adding “-self” or “-selves” to the appropriate pronoun

Example: I will do it myself.

Indefinite Pronoun

• Used in reference in to a person or thing that is not specific or not known

• It is usually vague

Example: all, anybody, everybody, everything, someone

Interrogative Pronoun

• Used in reference to a question

• It representing the thing we didn’t know

Example: who, what, which, whom, whose

Object Pronoun

• Functions as the object of a verb or preposition

Examples: He told them the truth. The dog begged her to play with him.

Reflexive Pronoun

• Are pronouns that are used to show that the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb

Example: She can solve it herself.

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