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Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech. Pronouns. Basic Definition. A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Most pronouns have an antecedent An antecedent is the word the pronoun replaced Ex: Ray said he wanted musical talents to audition for the play Pronoun: He

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Parts of Speech

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  1. Parts of Speech Pronouns

  2. Basic Definition • A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. • Most pronouns have an antecedent • An antecedent is the word the pronoun replaced • Ex: Ray said he wanted musical talents to audition for the play • Pronoun: He • Antecedent: Ray

  3. Antecedents • Antecedents can be more than one word, and can even be in a different sentence! • Ex: Chad and I auditioned together. We both got lead parts. • What’s the pronoun? • What’s the antecedent?

  4. Possessive Pronouns • Show ownership or relationship • Ex: Sonia delivered her famous monologue

  5. Pronouns Singular Plural 1st person I, me we, us (my, mine) (our, ours) 2nd person you you (your, yours) (your, yours) 3rd person he, him, she, her, it they, them (his, her, hers, its) (their, theirs) Possessive Pronouns are in parenthesis

  6. Other types of pronouns • Intensive pronoun: adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence. • Ex: The wait itself would take hours. • Reflexive pronoun: reflects action back to the subject of the sentence and adds information to the sentence • Ex: Donna prepared herself for a long day.

  7. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns First person Second Person Third Person Singular: myself yourself himself herself itself Plural: ourselves yourselves themselves

  8. Demonstrative Pronouns • Point out specific persons, places, things or ideas. • Demonstrative pronouns are: • This, these, that, those

  9. Indefinite Pronouns • Does not refer to a specific PPTI • See list on page 12- write in notes

  10. Other Types of Pronouns Con’t • Relative Pronouns • Used to introduce a clause • Who whom, whose, which, that • Interrogative Pronouns • Used to ask a question • Who, whom, whose, which, what

  11. Ready to practice? • Any questions? • Turn to page 10. Then we’ll do page 13. • Homework: page 584 1-5 and page 585 1-5.

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