Pronouns

1. Pronouns

2. Personal pronouns • 1st person: • I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours • 2nd person: • You, your, yours • 3rd person: • He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

3. Reflexive and intensive pronouns • Intensive pronouns can be left out. • 1st person: • Myself, ourselves • 2nd person: • Yourself, yourselves • 3rd person: • Himself, herself, itself, themselves

4. Examples • I myself like lasagna better than spaghetti. • Myself can be left out which is intensive • They treated themselves to a party. • Themselves cannot be left out which means it is reflexive

5. Demonstrative Pronouns • Point out a person, place , thing or idea • This, that, these, those • This is the easiest thing we have done. • These are the names of those who made the club. • That is the right answer. Don’t confuse with adjectives ( I like those shoes.)

6. Interrogative Pronouns • Introduce a question • What, which, who, whom, whose • What are you doing? • Who scored the most points? • Whose is this? • Which do you like?

7. Relative Pronoun • Introduce a subordinate clause • That, which, who, whom, whose • The basset hound, which has long ears, is a peculiar dog. • The assignment was easy that Mrs. Whitten had given us. • Mr. Mullen is a principal who is very fair.

8. Indefinite Pronouns • Refer to a person, a place, or thing that is not specifically named. • All, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything • Both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything • Few, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing • One, other, several, some, somebody, someone, something