PRONOUNS

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PRONOUNS

• Our handy, dandy, friends
• They give us short cuts!

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PRONOUNS

• TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN OR A PRONOUN
• The boy looks at the books.

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REPLACE THE NOUNS!

• The boy looks at the books.
• He looks at them.

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REPLACE THE NOUNS!

• The students listened to Mrs. Puff.
• They listened to her.

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What about?

• Mrs. Cochren wants ice cream.
• She wants what?

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Pronouns replace nouns!

• The flavors look tasty!
• _______look tasty.
• All
• Most
• Some
• Which
• Those

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Antecedent Examples

• Who wants a refreshing root beer float?
• To which noun is who referring or replacing?
  

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You should know

• A pronoun takes the place of a noun!
• Each pronoun has an antecedent (stated or
  unstated).
• Antecedent the word the pronoun refers to or
  replaces

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Antecedent example

• The dog chased the cats.
• It chased them.

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Antecedent Examples

• Scooby Doo, where are you?

 
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PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• SINGULAR
• FIRST PERSON I, ME, MY, MINE
• SECOND PERSON YOU, YOUR, YOURS
• THIRD PERSON HE, HIM, HIS
• SHE, HER, HERS
• IT, ITS

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• PLURAL
• FIRST PERSON WE, US, OUR, OURS
• SECOND PERSON YOU, YOUR, YOURS
• THIRD PERSON THEY, THEM,
• THEIR, THEIRS

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NOTES

• PRONOUN
• TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN
• ANTECEDENT
• THE NOUN TO WHICH THE PRONOUN
• IS REFERRING OR REPLACING

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TYPES OF PRONOUNS

• PERSONAL
• REFLEXIVE
• INTENSIVE
• DEMONSTRATIVE
• INTERROGATIVE
• INDEFINITE
• RELATIVE

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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• REFERS TO THE SUBJECT AND IS NECESSARY TO THE
  MEANING
• SPONGE BOB ENJOYS HIMSELF AT THE KRUSTY KRAB.

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Reflexive Pronouns

• First person myself, ourselves
• Second person yourself, yourselves
• Third person himself, herself
• itself, themselves

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Reflexive Example

• The artist prided himself of his masterpiece.

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Intensive Pronouns

• Emphasizes another noun or pronoun and is
  unnecessary to the meaning. It intensifies the
  meaning!
• Mrs. Cochren herself popped the popcorn!

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Intensive Examples

• Did you draw Bigfoot yourself?

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Intensive Pronouns

• First person myself, ourselves
• Second person yourself, yourselves
• Third person himself, herself
• itself, themselves

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REFLEXIVE VERSUS INTENSIVE

• Reflexive required
• Intensive intensifier
• The students raised the money themselves.
• They motivated themselves to work hard.

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DEMONSTRATIVE
 

• THESE PRONOUNS POINT OUT A PERSON, PLACE, THING,
  OR IDEA.
• This is the best candy.
• Are these good treats?

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

• THIS
• THAT
• THESE
• THOSE

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DEMONSTRATIVE EXAMPLES

• THESE ARE MINE.
• THE SHOES ARE MINE.
• DID YOU SEE THAT?
• DID YOU SEE THE ACCIDENT?
• I WANT TO BUY THIS.
• I WANT TO BUY AN ARMADILLO.

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN OR ADJECTIVE?

• THIS IS HIS PET.
• THIS SPIDER IS HUGE.
• THAT SPIDER IS SCARY.
• THAT IS SO GROSS!

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ADJECTIVE

• THIS SPIDER IS HUGE.
• THIS GIVES MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE NOUNTHE SPIDER.
  WHICH SPIDER?

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN

• THIS IS HIS PET.
• THIS REPLACES THE NOUN THE SPIDER.
• THE SPIDER IS HIS PET.

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ADJECTIVE

• THAT SPIDER IS SO GROSS!

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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

• WHICH
• WHAT
• WHO
• WHOM
• WHOSE

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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

• THESE PRONOUNS INTRODUCE A QUESTION.
• WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR?
• WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHOW?
• WHICH DO YOU PREFERDOGS OR CATS?
• WHOSE LEPRECHAUN IS THIS?
• TO WHOM ARE YOU SPEAKING?

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS

• THAT
• WHICH
• WHO
• WHOM
• WHOSE

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS

• INTRODUCE AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE (SUBORDINATE
  CLAUSES)
• CHOCOLATE, WHICH I LOVE, IS YUMMY.
• HE IS THE NEIGHBOR WHO I THINK IS A VAMPIRE!

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INTERROGATIVE OR RELATIVE

• INTERROGATIVEINTRODUCES A QUESTION
• RELATIVEBEGINS A SUBORDINATE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

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INTERROGATIVE OR RELATIVE?

• WHOSE DONKEY IS THAT?

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INTERROGATIVE OR RELATIVE?

• WHICH CHEESE IS YOUR FAVORITE?

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INTERROGATIVE OR RELATIVE?

• JODI PICOULT WRITES GREAT NOVELS THAT KEEP ME
  TURNING THE PAGES.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• REFERS TO A NOUN THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE
  SPECIFICALLY NAMED
• SOME WERE THERE.
• MANY WERE ABSENT.

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SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• ANYBODY NOBODY EACH
• ANYONE NO ONE EITHER
• ANYTHING NOTHING NONE
• NEITHER
• EVERYBODY SOMEBODY
• EVERYONE SOMEONE
• EVERYTHING SOMETHING

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PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• BOTH
• FEW
• MANY
• SEVERAL
• USE PLURAL VERB FORMS
• ARE, WERE, ETC.

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SINGULAR OR PLURALINDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• ALL
• ANY
• MORE
• MOST
• NONE
• SOME

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• SOME WERE THERE.
• LEPRECHAUNS WERE THERE.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• MANY WERE ABSENT.
• ZOMBIES WERE ABSENT.