Lesson 2: Pronouns - Personal, Reflexive, and Intensive

Lesson 2: Pronouns - Personal, Reflexive, and Intensive

Objective: I can identify personal, reflexive, and intensive pronouns.

​Read the following paragraph:

​Doug ate pizza after basketball practice. Doug prefers pepperoni, but Doug's sister ordered cheese. For Doug, this was not a dealbreaker. Doug grabbed a piece right away.

Open Ended

What do you notice about the writing in this paragraph?

​Read the following paragraph now with pronouns:

​Doug ate pizza after basketball practice. He prefers pepperoni, but his sister ordered cheese. For him, this was not a dealbreaker. He grabbed a piece right away.

Open Ended

Based on the last paragraph, why do you think we use pronouns in our writing?

​Why do we use pronouns in our writing?

• ​pronouns replace nouns to make sentences flow, create shorter sentences, and provide less repetition in our writing

• ​pronouns refer back to nouns earlier in the sentence

• ​an antecedent is a noun a pronoun references

  • ​Doug ate pizza after basketball practice. He prefers pepperoni.

    • ​Doug is the antecedent in the paragraph. He, him, and his refer back to Doug the noun.

Fill in the Blank

The antecedent is underlined in each sentence. Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.

My friends are amazing because _______________ bought me a ticket to attend a concert.

Fill in the Blank

The antecedent is underlined in each sentence. Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun to match the antecedent.

Here is a new diamond ring and __________________ is a beauty.

​Personal Pronouns

• ​take the place of a specific person, place, or thing

• ​provide information about the "person" in a grammatical sense

• ​First Person: I, we (the speaker or writer)

• ​Second Person: you (the listener or reader)

• ​Third Person: it, he, she, they (everyone and everything else)

​Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• ​made from personal pronoun and the suffix - self (singular) or -selves (plural or more than one)

• ​Reflexive: reflects back on the noun or pronoun already mentioned

  • ​Ex. I helped myself to a bowl of soup.

• ​Intensive: emphasizes a noun or pronoun already mentioned

  • ​Ex. Jake wrote that poem himself.

​How Can You Tell

Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns Apart?

Intensive pronouns

• aren’t essential to a sentence’s basic meaning

• remove them from the sentence and the sentence will still make sense.

• Ex. Jake wrote that poem himself.

​Reflexive pronouns

• are essential to a sentence’s basic meaning

• remove them from the sentence and the sentence will not make sense.

• Ex. I helped myself to a bowl of soup

• ​Ex. Who was helped to a bowl of soup? Myself needs to stay in the sentence.

Multiple Choice

What type of pronoun is this?

She was so angry at her friend for lying.

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Reflexive or Intensive?

You yourself witnessed the oath between us.

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Are you going to handle yourself appropriately?

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

What do you still need to do?

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

You don't love yourself enough.

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

I myself cleaned this kitchen!

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Multiple Choice

Give me your keys, and I'll unlock the car.

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

Homework: Complete Practice Exercises

2.1 and 2.2​

​Due Friday, November 5th