Pronouns

Pronouns take place of...

• Verbs

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Determiners

Idefinite pronouns are...

• Myself

• All

• Each other

• Someone

• Nobody

Personal Pronouns can replace

• the object of the sentence

• the subject of the sentence

• the subject and the object of the sentence

They usually appear after a noun to help clarify the sentence or give extra information

• Interrogative pronouns

• Relative pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns

• Indefinite pronouns

Possessive pronouns are...

• Ours

• Their

• My

• Yours

• Her

What do Relative pronouns do?

• They help clarify the sentence or give extra information

• They designate possession or ownership

• They introduce a question

Choose a sentence where an interrogative pronoun is used

• That book is hers.

• Who is looking after her?

• I saw myself in the photo next to him.

• What is that?

Reciprocal pronouns are...

• This and that

• One another and each other

• Myself and ourselves

Intensive pronouns

• Serve to emphasize their antecedents

• Are almost identical to reflexive pronouns

• Are used to point to something specific within a sentence

• They express mutual action

• In many cases the sentence would still make sense without this type of pronoun

Choose correct sentences

• I talk to him every day.

• I saw me in the mirror.

• I have three books. Two are mine.

• A bird uses it's wings to fly.