Pronouns

Front

What is a pronoun?

Back

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition and simplify sentences.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Front

What is the function of a personal pronoun?

Back

Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things and indicate grammatical person, number, and gender.

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

Give examples of subject pronouns.

Back

I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

Give examples of object pronouns.

Back

me, you, him, her, it, us, them.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What is a possessive pronoun?

Back

A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession, such as mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Front

What is the difference between 'he' and 'him'?

Back

'He' is a subject pronoun used as the subject of a verb, while 'him' is an object pronoun used as the object of a verb or preposition.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What is an antecedent in relation to pronouns?

Back

An antecedent is the noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces in a sentence.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Front

What is a reflexive pronoun?

Back

A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence and ends in '-self' or '-selves', such as myself, yourself, himself, herself.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.6.1B

Front

What is the role of demonstrative pronouns?

Back

Demonstrative pronouns point to specific things or people and include this, that, these, and those.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What are interrogative pronouns?

Back

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions and include who, whom, whose, which, and what.

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CCSS.L.3.1A