Pronouns: Day 1

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Pronouns Day 1

• _________ a word that is used to replace a noun
• _____________ the word the pronoun stands for
• An antecedent may consist of more than one word
• May appear in an earlier sentence
• Example
• Ray said he wanted to audition.
• Ray and I auditioned together. We both got parts.

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DAY 1Personal Pronouns
Singular Singular Plural Plural
Subjective Objective Subjective Objective
First Person I (my, mine) me we (our, ours) us
Second Person you (your, yours) you you (your, yours) you
Third Person he, she, it (his, her, hers, its) him, her, it they (their, theirs) them
Parentheses Indicate POSSESSIVE personal
pronouns that are neither singular nor
plural Possessive Pronouns show ownership or
relationship____________________________ Activity
On page 10 do 1-6. Write the pronoun(s) in each
sentence, write the antecedent, and label the
pronoun as personal or possessive.
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Pronouns Day 2

• _____________Pronoun reflects action back upon
  the subject and adds information to the sentence
• MUST have an antecedent!
• Ex Donna prepared herself for a long day.
• Ex The committee appointed Ted and myself.
• ____________Pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or
  pronoun in the same sentence
• Ex The wait itself would take hours.

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DAY 2Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Singular Plural
First Person myself ourselves
Second Person yourself yourself
Third Person himself, herself, itself themselves
Activity On page 13 (A) do 56. Write the
pronoun(s) in each sentence, list its antecedent,
and label it as reflexive or intensive.
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Pronouns Day 3

• ________________ pronouns point out specific
  nouns Indicate space/distance (i.e. near or far
  away)
• Ex The people will get better tickets than those
  (people) at the end.
• ______________ Pronoun used to ask a question
• Ex What is your favorite song?
• ______________ Pronoun used to introduce
  subordinate clauses
• Ex The seats that the students asked for were
  unavailable.

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DAY 3Demonstrative, Interrogative, and Relative
Pronouns
Type Pronouns
Demonstrative (near) this, that (far) these, those
Interrogative Who, whom, whose, which, what
Relative Who, whom, whose, which, that
Activity On page 13 (A) do 4, 5, 8, 9. Write
the pronoun(s) in each sentence, list its
antecedent, and label it as demonstrative,
interrogative, or relative.
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Pronouns Day 4

• _____________ Pronouns does NOT refer to a
  specific person, place, thing, or idea
• Usually does ______have an ________________
• Ex Many of the fans had arrived at 6 a.m.
• Some pronouns will function as an ___________
  (not a pronoun) in a sentence
• (adjective) Ex Several people had to wait in the
  rain. Several is NOT a pronoun!
• (pronoun) Ex Several of the fans waited
  anxiously in the rain.

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DAY 4Indefinite Pronouns
Singular Plural Singular OR Plural
Another, anybody, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something Both, few, many, several All, any, more, most, none, some
Activity On page 13 (A) 3, 7, 10. Write the
indefinite pronoun(s) in each sentence and label
it as singular or plural.