PROUNOUNS

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PROUNOUNS
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What is a pronoun?

• A pronoun is a word that REPLACES a noun.

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• If we had no pronouns, we would have to use nouns
  again and again in sentences.
• (That would be pretty boring.and annoying!)

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EXAMPLE

• Robbie put Robbies book on Robbies desk and
  took Robbies lunch out of Robbies bag.

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Here are some examples of pronouns

• I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• everyone, someone, nobody
• their, itself

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The noun which the pronoun replaces is called its
ANTECEDENT.

• ANTECEDENT
• mother
• Anthony
• dog

• PROUNOUN
• she, her, herself
• he, his, himself
• It, he, she, its, himself

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Here are the PERSONAL PRONOUN forms

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