Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun.
• A word that takes the place of verbs.
• A word that takes the place of adjectives.
• A word that takes the place of adverbs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

• Root Word
• Antiseptic
• Antecedent
• Antibiotic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the antecedent of the RED pronoun?
My mother ate her salad.

• My
• Mother
• ate
• salad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the pronoun for the word in RED?
The principal spoke to the teacher about the student that was sent out of her class. 

• about
• student
• that
• her

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which word below is NOT a personal pronoun?

• I
• We
• You
• Which

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

A reflexive pronoun REFLECTS the action of the verb toward the subject.
What is the reflexive pronoun in this sentence;
Jane poured herself a glass of water.

• Jane
• poured
• herself
• glass

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

An intensive pronoun adds emphasis (or INTENSIFIES) to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence.
What is the intensive pronoun in this sentence?
The mayor herself attended the carnival.

• mayor
• carnival
• attended
• herself

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

Which of the following is NOT one of the four demonstrative pronouns?

• She
• That
• This
• These

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the missing demonstrative pronoun?
Demonstrative Pronouns; This, That, These, and _____?

• Them
• Their
• Those
• Whose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The five relative pronouns are used to begin a subordinate clause and connect (RELATE) it to another idea in the same sentence.
What is the relative pronoun in this sentence?
Here is the earring that Tara lost.

• Here
• earring
• that
• lost

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A