Pronouns

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

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What is a subject pronoun?

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A subject pronoun is a pronoun that acts as the subject of a sentence, like 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we', 'they'.

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What is an object pronoun?

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An object pronoun is a pronoun that acts as the object of a verb or preposition, like 'me', 'you', 'him', 'her', 'it', 'us', 'them'.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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A possessive pronoun shows ownership, like 'mine', 'yours', 'his', 'hers', 'its', 'ours', 'theirs'.

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence, like 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', 'ourselves', 'themselves'.

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What is an intensive pronoun?

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An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun, like 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', 'ourselves', 'themselves'.

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What is a relative pronoun?

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A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause and relates to a noun, like 'who', 'whom', 'whose', 'which', 'that'.

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What is an example of a subject pronoun?

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An example of a subject pronoun is 'he'.

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What is an example of an object pronoun?

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An example of an object pronoun is 'them'.

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What is an example of a possessive pronoun?

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An example of a possessive pronoun is 'hers'.