What are What are Pronouns? Pronouns?

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WeWeWe

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Pronoun Project!

Fold your paper into 8 squares (number 1-8)

Write the definition and the examples for each type of pronoun

Illustrate each section in a creative way that will help you remember them

8 Parts of the Foldable:

1. Antecedent2. Subject3. Object4. Possessive5. Reflexive6. Interrogative7. Demonstrative8. Indefinite

What are What are pronouns?pronouns?

Pronouns take the Pronouns take the place of nouns.place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedentantecedent.

Example:Example:

Halloween is one of America's holidays. It is celebrated in October.

(HalloweenHalloween is a noun. ItIt is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, Halloween.)

Example:Example:

When Robert was fixing the car, he cut his hand.

(RobertRobert is a noun. HeHe is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, Robert.)

Personal PronounsPersonal Pronouns

Refer to people or things

ME!

Include: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs, we, us, our, ours.

Examples: Examples:

1.1.HeHe took herher place in the game.

2.2.TheirTheir main objective is to scare students.

Choose the correct pronoun.

Skateboards are fun, but

can be dangerous.A. themB. itC. theyD. we

Now you try. Which of the following contains a correct pronoun?

A. A hill is next to them. It is very steep.

B. Jeff rides his new bike. Him rides it down the block.

C. Rickie gets on the plane. They are very excited about his trip.

2. Subject Pronouns

Used as the subject of the sentence

They went to the Halloween party. You should wear a scary costume.

Singular Plural

I We

You You

He, she, it they

3. Object Pronouns

Used as direct objects, as indirect objects, or as the objects of prepositions

Scary stories fascinate us. Jen gave me a book on vampires. Can you read the story to them?

Singular Plural

Me Us

You You

Him, her, it Them

4. Possessive Pronouns

Used to show ownership or relationship

Remember, possessive pronouns NEVER use an apostrophe! I dropped my phone and broke its screen. That is his laptop.

Singular Plural

My, mine Our, ours

Your, yours Your, yours

Her, his, its Their, theirs

5. Reflexive Pronouns

Directs the action of the verb back to the subject The winners considered themselves

lucky.

End in –self or –selves.Myself Yourself Herself,

himself, itself

Ourselves Yourselves themselves

6. Interrogative Pronouns

Used to introduce a question

Who likes ghost stories? Which story is the most frightening?

Who Whom What Which Whose

7. Demonstrative Pronouns

Points out a person, place, thing, or ideaThis That These Those

This is Mrs. Wendy Witch.

That is her new broom.

These are her favorite colors.

Those are her old boots.

8. Indefinite Pronouns

Do NOT refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea

Do NOT have antecedents

Singular Plural Singular or Plural

Another Neither Anybody Both All

Nobody Anyone No one Few Any

Anything Nothing Something Many Most

Each One Everyone Several None

Either Somebody Everything Some

Everybody Someone

Indefinite Pronouns

Everyone should know about pronouns.

All of you should pass the test. Most people think pronouns are

simple, but there’s a lot to them!