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Pronouns

Pronouns. By: Amanda Anthony Sarah Stepanchick & Ashley Morgan. D efinition. A pronoun  is a word that takes the place of a noun.   You use pronouns to make your sentences less repetitive. Classification. There are several types of pronouns, they include the personal pronoun

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Pronouns

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  1. Pronouns By: Amanda Anthony Sarah Stepanchick & Ashley Morgan

  2. Definition • Apronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.  •  You use pronouns to makeyour sentences less repetitive.

  3. Classification • There are several types of pronouns, they include • the personal pronoun • the demonstrative pronoun • the interrogative pronoun • the indefinite pronoun • the relative pronoun • the reflexive pronoun • the intensive pronoun

  4. http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/pronouns.htmlhttp://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/pronouns.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg9MKQ1OYCg

  5. Personal Pronouns • A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case. • Two types • Subjective Personal Pronouns • Objective Personal Pronouns

  6. Subjective Personal Pronouns • A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. • The subjective personal pronouns are:

  7. Objective Personal Pronouns • An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. • The objective personal pronouns are:

  8. Possessive Personal Pronouns • A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person. • *Note: possessive personal pronouns are very similar to possessive adjectives like "my," "her," and "their."

  9. Demonstrative Pronouns • A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun. • "This" and "these" refer to things that are nearby, and are used to refer to singular nouns or noun phrases. • “That" and "those" refer to things that are farther away, and are used to refer to plural nouns and noun phrases.

  10. Interrogative Pronouns • An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions. • You will find "who," "whom," and occasionally "which" used to refer to people, • “Which" and "what" are usually used to refer to things and animals. • The compounds formed with the suffix "ever" ("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever") are also interrogative pronouns.

  11. Relative Pronouns • You can use a relative pronounto link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. • The compounds "whoever," "whomever," and "whichever" are also relative pronouns. • You can use the relative pronouns "who" and "whoever" to refer to the subject of a clause or sentence, and "whom" and "whomever" to refer to the objects of a verb.

  12. Indefinite Pronoun • An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun referring to an identifiable but not specified person or thing. • The most common indefinite pronouns are:

  13. Reflexive Pronouns • You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

  14. Intensive Pronouns • An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasise its antecedent. • Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.

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