Pronoun Vocabulary

A word that replaces a noun in a sentence.

• Antecedent

• Pronoun

• Intensive pronoun

• Reflexive pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Acts as the subject of a sentence—it performs the action of the verb.

• Demonstrative pronoun

• Possessive pronoun

• Objective pronoun

• Subjective pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A word, phrase, clause, or sentence to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers.

• Antecedent

• Adverb

• Pronoun

• Preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Reflects back upon a sentence's subject.

• Interrogative pronoun

• Relative pronoun

• Reflexive pronoun

• Objective pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Acts as the object of a sentence—it receives the action of the verb.

• Subjective pronoun

• Objective pronoun

• Antecedent

• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Point to specific things: this, that, these, and those.

• Delegative pronoun

• Demonstrative pronoun

• Deciduous pronoun

• Definite pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Used to add emphasis to the subject or antecedent of the sentence. You'll usually find the intensive pronoun right after the noun or pronoun it's modifying.

• Intensive pronoun

• Inflexive pronoun

• Itinerary pronoun

• Iditarod pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Used to make asking questions easy. The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose.

• Intensive pronoun

• Reflexive pronoun

• Demonstrative pronoun

• Interrogative pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.

• Redundant pronoun

• Repeater pronoun

• Relative pronoun

• Radicchio pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Used to show ownership. Possessive pronouns include my, mine, our, ours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs, your and yours.

• Possessive pronoun

• Pachyderm pronoun

• Pneumatic pronoun

• Pandurate pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A