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PRONOUNS
UNIT 11
Personal Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes place of
one or more nouns.
 The dog is brown. It has white spots too.
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It is the pronoun. It replaces dog.
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Pronouns keep us from using the same
noun over and over again in our speaking
and writing.
Personal Pronouns
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There are 2 types of personal pronouns:
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Personal Pronouns refer to people or things.
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SUBJECT pronouns – a pronoun used in the
nominative case. It functions as the subject of a
sentence.
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She likes the Twilight movies.
They are going to the fair this weekend.
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Subject Pronouns
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Singular
I
You
He, she, it
Plural
we
you
they
LOOK FAMILIAR?
Personal Pronouns
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The second type of personal pronoun is the
OBJECT pronoun. It is in the objective case.
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It functions as the direct object, the indirect
object,or the object of a prepositional phrase.
So it can be the object of a VERB or a PHRASE
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The coach gave him a special award.
Object Pronouns
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Singular
Plural
me
you
him, her, it
us
you
them
Object Pronouns
* The principal gave him a warning.
(used as a indirect object)
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I want it for Christmas.
( used as a direct object)
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Did you buy a present for her?
( used as the object of a preposition)
QUIZ
You will have a QUIZ on the
subject/object pronouns
On
Friday, November 5th!!
(Back of vocab test)
Pronouns and their Antecedents
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An antecedent is the word that the
pronoun is referring to. It is the word that
the pronoun replaces.
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American soldiers face death everyday.
They are very brave.
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The antecedent of they is soldiers.
Antecedents
* Make sure your antecedent is clear.
Janet and Sue went to the movies. She bought popcorn. Who bought?
They are both girls.
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Make sure your pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender.
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Clay bought new shoes. She spent a lot of money. CLAY isn’t a
girl!
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Make sure your pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number.
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Kaitlyn eats candy all the time. They are going to have cavities.
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Kaityln is singular- They is plural NO ! NO !
Antecedents
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Emily Dickinson was born in Massachusetts in
1830, ____ was the daughter of Emily and
Edward.
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Dickinson’s father was a Renaissance man.
_____ was a lawyer, a politician, and a college
treasurer.
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The poet’s brother, William Austin, was always
called Austin. _______ was the only son.
Using Subject and Object
Pronouns Correctly
1.
Emily and ( she, her) were sisters and friends.
2.
(She, Her) and Charles Wadsworth were friends also.
3.
Dickinson and ( he, him) were friends and companions.
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The poet and a friend corresponded with Thomas HIgginson and (he, him).
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(She, Her) and other poets wrote poems and letters.
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(They, Them) and others are published in English and other languages.
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Emily’s poems amused those students and (we, us)
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An editor and ( her, she) gave the poems numbers but no titles.
Using subject and object pronouns
correctly
1.
( We, Us) students read the book.
2.
The book delighted (we, us) readers.
3.
Heidi liked Peter more than (she, her) did. **
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Heidi liked Peter more than ( she, her). ***
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Heidi’s closest friend is ( he, him). **
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This is ( she, her).
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It is ( I, me).
Possessive Pronouns
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Possessive Pronouns are pronouns that
are in the possessive case. They show
ownership.
Her class put on a play.
 Mine is on the table.
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THEY DO NOT HAVE AN APOSTROPHE
Possessive Pronouns
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Used Before Nouns
Singular
my
your
her, his, its
Plural
our
your
their
Possessive Pronouns
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Used Alone (nothing follows them)
Singular
mine
yours
hers, his, its
Plural
ours
yours
theirs
Possessive Pronouns
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2.
3.
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5.
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7.
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Our class is putting on a play by Shakespeare.
He wrote centuries ago, but his plays still thrill audiences.
Hamlet is Lisa’s favorite, but Romeo and Juliet is mine.
Have you seen your favorite play yet?
Gina was in Hamlet, but it’s not a favorite of hers.
I know my part in the play.
The language of Shakespeare sounds strange to their ears.
To Shakespeare our English would seem like a foreign language.
Some of his words look odd in print; the spellings are unfamiliar.
The spoken words of Shakespeare are more eloquent than mine.
Indefinite Pronouns
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An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that
does not refer to a particular person,
place, or thing.
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You must apply the “s” rule when working
with indefinite pronouns.
Indefinite Pronouns
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Singular Indefinite pronouns
Another
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Each
Either
everybody
everyone
everything
much
neither
nobody
no one
nothing
one
somebody
someone
something
ALL of these will have verbs that end in S
Indefinite Pronouns
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These are Plural indefinite pronouns.
Both
 Others
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Few
Several
Many
ALL of these will have verbs that DO NOT
end in S
Indefinite Pronouns
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There are 5 pronouns that we will call “iffy”
That means that they can be either singular or
plural.
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all – any- most-none –some
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You must look at the object of the prepositional
phrase that follows to determine whether or not it
is singular or plural.
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All of the boys (is, are) walking home today.
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Myself
ourselves
 Yourself
yourselves
 Himself, herself, itself
themselves
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Reflexive
A reflexive pronoun will not be beside the
noun it goes with.
 He built the birdhouse all by himself.
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An intensive pronoun will be beside the
noun it goes with.
 He himself built the birdhouse.
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Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun
used to introduce an interrogative
sentence
(a question).
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WHO
WHAT
WHOSE
WHICH
WHOM
Interrogative Pronouns
WHO and WHOM refer to people
 Who is going to the office?
 To whom are you referring?
 WHICH and WHAT are used to refer to
things.
 WHOSE shows that someone possesses
something.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
THIS
THAT
THESE
THOSE
But they are the same as
demonstrative adjectives???
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This, that, these and those are also
demonstrative adjectives. REMEMBER
that an adjective must describe something
– so it will have a buddy.
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Demonstrative pronouns do not describe.
They will be alone in a sentence.
Pronoun or Adjective??
This is interesting.
 This book is interesting.
 That girl is stealing a snack.
 That is not fair.
 Those are dirty.
 Those puppies are whining for their
mother.
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