Pronouns

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Pronouns
Slides Types of Pronouns Antecedents Classes
of Pronouns Personal, Relative, Indefinite,
Interrogative, Demonstrative
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Definition A pronoun is a word used in place
of a noun.
I, you, she, it, which, that, themselves ,
whoever, me, he, they, mine, ours
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There are three types Simple I, you, me,
it Compound myself, someone, everything,
itself Phrasal one another, each other
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Antecedents
All pronouns have antecedents. An antecedent is
the noun that the pronoun refers to replaces.
Larry was considered the important person in the
family. Mrs. Smith and John always deferred to
him, though he was often surly with them and
contemptuous toward his father.
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Classes of Pronouns
Personal Relative Indefinite Interrogative Demonst
rative
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Personal Pronouns
A Personal Pronoun takes the place of a noun Our
coach made her point without raising her voice.
Reflexive adding -self or -selves Miss Sally
Sunshine loves herself. John does not seem
himself today.
Intensive is a reflexive pronoun that
intensifies, or emphasizes the noun or pronoun it
refers to.
Leo himself taught his children to invest in
their lives in others.
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Relative Pronouns
Relative pronouns relate an adjective clause to
the noun or pronoun it modifies. Students who
study regularly get the best grades. The dance,
which we had looked forward to for weeks, was
cancelled.
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Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun often refers to unnamed or
unknown people or things.
I dont know if youve known anybody from that far
back if youve loved anybody that long, first as
an infant, then as a child.
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Interrogative Pronouns
An Interrogative pronoun asks a question. Who
are you? Who could you be? What do you want
for dinner? Where are you going?
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Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun points out people,
places, or things without naming them. This
shouldnt be too hard. That looks about
right. Theses are the best. Those ought to be
thrown out.
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Classes of pronouns
Personal I, me, my mine we, us, our, ours you,
your, yours they, them their, theirs he, him,
his she, her, hers it, its
Intensive and Reflexive myself, yourself,
himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves,
themselves
Relative what, who, whose, whom, which, that
Interrogative who, whose, whom, which, what
Demonstrative this, that, these, those
Indefinite all, another, any, anybody, anyone,
anything both, each, each one, either,
everybody,everyone everything, few, many most
much neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing,
one, other, several, some, somebody, someone,
something, such
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