Pronouns

Pronouns

Pronouns/Antecedents

Pronouns



• substitute for (or take the place of) nouns.

• can appear anywhere in a sentence.

Antecedent:  The noun that is being replaced by a pronoun.

• Abigail lost her notebook at school.

• her = pronoun

  Abigail = antecedent

  
  

Multiple Select

What is one of the pronouns?

"The firefighters described how they did their jobs."

• firefighters

• described

• they

• their

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent to "they?"

"The firefighters described how they did their job."

• firefighters

• described

• their

• job

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent to "them?"

"Many people say exercise has helped them."

• exercise

• many

• people

• them

Multiple Choice

Name the pronoun: The mouse is fun to watch. I can watch it for hours!

• mouse

• watch

• it

• fun

Multiple Choice

Name the pronoun: John finds dinosaur bones. They are interesting.

• John

• they

• bones

• dinosaur

There are seven major types of pronouns:

• Personal

• Demonstrative

• Reflexive

• Intensive

• Indefinite

• Relative

• Interrogative

Personal Pronouns

always refer to people. 

Nominative Case Pronouns (also called subject pronouns)

They are, as their name indicates, pronouns that are used as the subject of a sentence.

Example: We made our dinner.

Personal Nominative Pronouns

• I, you, he, she, it (singular)

• we, you, they (plural)

Personal objective pronouns are used when a pronoun is an object in sentence.

There are three types of object:

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of a Preposition

Direct Object

• The direct object is the thing being acted on by the verb.

• For Example: They caught her last week.

• "Her" is the direct object of the verb "caught."

Indirect Object

• The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object.

• For example: I sent him a letter.

• "Him" is the indirect object of the verb "sent", (i.e., the recipient of "a letter"), which is the direct object.

Object of a Preposition

• The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun governed by a preposition.

• For example: It is a donation from them.

• "Them" is the object of the preposition "from."

Personal Objective Pronouns

• me, you, him, her, it (singular)

• us, you, them (plural)

Personal Possessive Pronouns

• A possessive personal pronoun is a word that replaces a noun (or a noun phrase) and shows ownership. 

• Example: These are my sweets.  Yours are in the cupboard.

• Here, the possessive personal pronoun "yours" represents the noun "sweets" and shows ownership.

Personal Possessive Pronouns

• my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its (singular)

  
  

• Our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs (plural)

  
  

Multiple Choice

List the object pronouns

• me, we, you, you, he, her, it, them

• me, us, you, you, he, she, it, them

• me, us, you, you, him, her, it, they

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

Multiple Choice

My friends and (me, I) watch old movies together.

• me

• I

Multiple Choice

(Us, We) students usually study hard for tests.

• Us

• We

Multiple Choice

It was (they, them) who really wanted to see the film.

• they

• them

Multiple Choice

How is the underlined pronoun used? She gave a dramatic reading of it.

• direct object

• subject

• object of preposition

• indirect object

Multiple Choice

How is the underlined pronoun used?

He gave you his information.

• subject

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of preposition

Multiple Choice

Everyone in the class finished (his, their) work.

• his

• their

Multiple Choice

(Who, Whom) did you tell the story to?

• Who

• Whom

Multiple Choice

Janet read more books than (she, her).

• she

• her

Multiple Choice

Because the bears were distracted by the storm, neither of the bears ate (its, their) honey.

• its

• their

Multiple Choice

Which are the possessive pronouns?

• my, our, your, your, his, her, its, their

• mine, ours, yours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs

Multiple Choice

Has anyone completed __________ application?

• their

• his or her

Multiple Choice

Grandpa relies on Mai and (you, yourself).

• you

• yourself

Multiple Choice

If anybody wishes to attend the concert, _________ should bring twenty dollars.

• themselves

• him or her

• they

• he or she

Multiple Choice

To (who, whom) did you give the gift?

• who

• whom

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns demonstrate or point out things like people, places, objects, or ideas.

Demonstrative Pronouns

• this

• that

• these

• those

Demonstrative Pronoun Sample Sentences

• This is easy.

• That was difficult.

• These are hilarious.

• Those will not last.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Reflexive and Intensive pronouns always end in “self” or “selves”

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• myself

• herself

• himself

• itself

• yourself / yourselves

• ourselves

• themselves

Intensive Pronouns

• Intensive pronouns emphasize (or intensify) another noun or pronoun.

• Example: Amanda made the cake herself.

• Example: I myself sold fifty tickets.

Reflexive Pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns refer to the subject and reflect the action of the verb back to the subject.

• Example: John wrote himself a note.

• Example: Sue gave herself a haircut.  

Multiple Choice

Is the underlined pronoun intensive or reflexive? :

I enjoyed myself at the concert.

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun as intensive or reflexive.

She baked cookies by herself.

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun as intensive or reflexive.

I myself wrote the words to the song.

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of pronoun.

That is his under the box.

• possessive

• intensive

• demonstrative

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun as intensive or reflexive.

They made themselves a gourmet dinner.

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a reflexive pronoun?

• mine

• whom

• I

• that

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a possessive pronoun?

• this

• that

• I

• their

Multiple Choice

Identify the case of the pronoun used in this sentence:

Who will present at the conference?

• possessive

• objective

• nominative

Multiple Choice

Choose the demonstrative pronoun and the noun it refers to:

Those are the best shoes I've seen!

• the, shoes

• Those, best

• Those, shoes