Pronouns

A Pronoun is used in place of one of more nouns.

Catherine told Catherine’s father that Catherine would be late.

Catherine told her father that she would be late.

An antecedent is a word that the pronoun stands for.

Catherine forgot her key.

pronounantecedent

Your Turn!Read each sentence. Write the pronouns and their

antecedents.1. The passengers scramble to find their luggage

and even got down on their hands and knees to find their belongings.

2. In no time, the travelers found themselves fighting over toothbrushes and combs.

3. One man shouted, “The brown bag belongs to me! “

4. “Are you sure the blue socks are yours?” asked another traveler.

5. “A young couple asked, “Who owns this red shirt?

Your Turn!Read each sentence. Write the pronouns and their

antecedents.1. The passengers scrambles to find their luggage

and even got down on their hands and knees to find their belongings.

2. In no time, the travelers found themselves fighting over toothbrushes and combs.

3. One man shouted, “The brown bag belongs to me!”

4. “Are you sure the blue socks are yours?” asked another traveler.

5. “A young couple asked, “Who owns this red shirt?”

Personal Pronouns refer to the one speaking (first person), the one spoken to (second person), or the one spoken about (third person).

Singular Plural

FIRST PERSON I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours

SECOND PERSON you, your, yours you, your, yours

THIRD PERSONhe, him, his, she, her,

hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

• Examples: First Person: Give me a hand. Second Person: Do you have any

change? Third Person: They left an hour ago.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

First Person myself, ourselves

Second Person yourself, yourselves

Third Person himself, herself, itself, themselves

A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject

An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun.

John prided himself on teaching others how to operate the camera.

John designed the camera himself.

***HINT: If you can read the sentence without the pronoun and it makes sense, it is a intensive pronoun.

Your Turn!Copy the chart onto your paper.

Pronoun Antecedent Reflexive, Intensive or

Personal1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Write the pronoun, its antecedent, and whether it is personal, reflexive or intensive on your chart.

1. British explorer, Sir Richard Burtan himself wrote many books about his adventures in Britain.

2. We watched the movie about Robert O’Hara Burke’s trip across Australia.

3. Queen Isabella of Spain herself gave approval for the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

4. Matthew Henson prided himself on being the first person actually to reach the North Pole

5. He wrote a book about his expeditions with Commander Robert E. Perry.

Demonstrative PronounsPoint out a person, place, thing or thing

that this these those

Interrogative PronounsIntroduce a question

what which who whom whose

Relative PronounsIntroduces a subordinate clause

that which who whom whose

Your Turn!Write each pronoun and indicate if it is

demonstrative, interrogative, or relative.1. This is a picture of the sculpture, which

suggests it’s larger-than-life size.

2. The nine mustangs that make up the work appear to gallop across Williams Square.

3. The horses, whose images are cast in bronze, form the world’s largest equestrian sculpture.

4. That is an amazing sight!

5. What is the name of the sculptor who created the mustangs?

Indefinite PronounsRefer to a person, place, thing, or idea that is

not specifically named.

all

another

any anybody

anyone

anything

botheacheithereverybodyeveryoneeverything

few

many

more

most

much

neither

nobodynoneno onenothingoneother

several some somebody someone something

Indefinite Pronouns

• Everyone completed the test before the bell rang.

• Neither of the actors knew what their next line was.

• Both contain winter clothing

• Each of the players took one of the caps.