Pronouns

The main function of pronouns is:

• to replace adjectives

• to replace nouns

• to replace verbs

• to make a sentence shorter

The_________  of a pronoun is the noun that it refers back to.

_____________are pronouns that are used to indicate the ownership of something or someone by something or someone else. 

• reflexive

• subject

• object

• possessive

Possessive ________ modify nouns instead of replacing them.

• determiners

• pronouns

Which is the possessive pronoun in the following sentence:

1. If that is his lunch, where is yours?

• his

• if

• yours

• that

Which is the possessive determiner in the following sentence:

1. I gave Jaycob my pencil.

• I

• my

• pencil

• Jaycob

Add a possessive determiner to the following sentence:

1. Mrs. Marjorie read a story to _____________ students.

A -------------- is a pronoun that’s used in the object position when the subject and object of the sentence are the same

• possessive

• subject

• object

• reflexive

Give an example of a reflexive pronoun.

Which is the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence:

1. Francisco and Matías ate an entire pizza by themselves.