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Pronouns

Pronouns. Pronouns. These are substitutes for nouns Examples: Barack Obama delivered an acceptance speech in Chicago when he was chosen as the democratic nominee. I hope that you will enjoy English class and learn a lot from it . Personal pronouns. 1 st person – I, me, we, us, our

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Pronouns

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  1. Pronouns

  2. Pronouns • These are substitutes for nouns • Examples: • Barack Obama delivered an acceptance speech in Chicago when he was chosen as the democratic nominee. • I hope that you will enjoy English class and learn a lot from it.

  3. Personal pronouns • 1st person – I, me, we, us, our • 2nd person – you, your • 3rd person – he, she, him, her, they, them • FYI – when writing an essay – only 3rd person should be used. • 1st and 2nd person are not acceptable.

  4. Examples of personal pronouns • I went to the store to buy milk. • Jamie and her best friend went to the movies. • Barry and he took horseback riding lessons together.

  5. Indefinite pronouns Singular – another, anybody, anyone, anything, one, each, either, everyone, everybody, everything, neither, nobody, no one, someone, somebody Plural – both, many, few, several Singular or plural – all, some, none, most, any

  6. Examples of indefinite • Some of the cookies were gone. • Anyone can learn to skate. • Somebody stole my Ipod.

  7. Other types • Demonstrative pronouns – this, that, these, those • Interrogative pronouns – who, whose, whom, which, what • Relative pronouns- who, whose, whom, which, that

  8. Examples • This is my favorite dessert. • These are my shoes. • Who is going to the show?

  9. Practice • 1. Everyone in her family likes to go hunting, but few enjoy the outdoors more than I do. • 2. Last fall several of my brothers and I stayed at a camp near Brainerd, which was not far from our hometown. • 3. While there we learned how to build a perch in a tree and how to keep it maintained.

  10. 4. A group of us even went beyond that - we learned to butcher a deer. • 5. One of my brothers showed those who were interested how to cook over an open fire. • 6. Everyone ate everything in sight.

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