Transcript Interrogative Pronouns

Pronouns…
Part 2!
Indefinite Pronouns
• An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does
not refer to a specific (particular) person,
place, or thing.
Example: Does anyone know the story of Midas?
Some Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
Another
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Each
Either
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Much
Plural
Neither
Nobody
No one
Nothing
One
Somebody
Someone
Something
Both
Few
Many
Others
Several
A Few Exceptions…
The following indefinite pronouns can be EITHER
singular or plural depending on the phrase that
follows them:
SOME
ALL
ANY
MOST
NONE
Examples:
Everyone discusses the plot. [singular]
Both talk about King Minos. [plural]
All of mythology is about beliefs and
ideals. [singular]
All of the myths are about beliefs and
ideals. [plural]
• Possessive pronouns often have indefinite
pronouns as their antecedents. The pronouns
must agree in number.
Example: Each of the characters has his or her
motive.
Example: Several have conflict with their rivals.
Show What You Know!
Read each sentence.
Determine which word in parenthesis is correct.
Write the indefinite pronoun.
Determine whether the indefinite pronoun is
singular or plural.
1. Many (knows, know) the tales of Midas.
2. Few (has, have) more gold than King Midas.
3. Some of the gods, however, (possesses, possess)
more gold than the king.
4. One of them (is, are) the object of King Midas’s
jealousy; he is Apollo, the sun god.
Check What You Know!
1.
2.
3.
4.
Many (knows, know) the tales of Midas.
Few (has, have) more gold than King Midas.
Some of the gods, however, (possesses, possess) more gold than the king.
One of them (is, are) the object of King Midas’s jealousy; he is Apollo, the sun
god.
Answers!
1. Know – Many, plural
2. Have – Few, plural
3. Possess – Some, plural
4. Is – One, singular
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
• Reflexive and intensive pronouns are formed
by adding –self or –selves to certain personal
and possessive pronouns.
Singular
Plural
Myself
Yourself
Himself, Herself, Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Reflexive Pronouns
• A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or
another pronoun and indicates that the same
person or thing is involved.
Example: The woman found herself a book of
folk tales.
Intensive Pronouns
• An intensive pronoun is a pronoun that adds
emphasis to a noun or pronoun already
named.
Example: George himself bought a copy of
American Tall Tales.
RULE!
• Never use reflexive and intensive pronouns as
the subject of a sentence or as the object of a
verb or preposition. (Remember to use
subject and object pronouns in those cases )
Roy and I read a tale. (not Roy and myself)
It intrigued Roy and me. (not Roy and myself)
Show What You Know!
Identify the reflexive or intensive pronoun in each
sentence. Write the pronoun and label it
accordingly.
1. Occupy yourselves by reading the legend of King
Arthur.
2. The legend itself may be based on historical
evidence.
3. Arthur’s mother admired herself for giving birth
to such a son.
4. Arthur’s father himself was the elected
sovereign of Britain.
Check!
1. Occupy yourselves by reading the legend of
King Arthur. Reflexive (of what?!?!)
2. The legend itself may be based on historical
evidence. Intensive
3. Arthur’s mother admired herself for giving
birth to such a son. Reflexive
4. Arthur’s father himself was the elected
sovereign of Britain. Intensive
Show What You Know!
Write the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Label
it reflexive, intensive, subject, or object
pronoun.
1. I recently bought (me, myself) a book about
Paul Bunyan.
2. (He, Himself) is a legendary giant lumberjack
of the north woods.
3. The book (it, itself) is a collector’s item.
4. The imaginative legends provide (us,
ourselves) with a sense of folk tradition.
Check!
1. I recently bought _______
myself a book
about Paul Bunyan. -reflexive
He is a legendary giant
2. _______
lumberjack of the north woods. - subject
3. The book _______
itself is a collector’s item.
- intensive
4. The imaginative legends provide
us
________with
a sense of folk
tradition. - object
How did you do?
Questions?!
Interrogative Pronouns
• An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used to
introduce an interrogative.
Examples:
Who is Pandora?
For whom does Hephaestus make a staff?
What is Pandora’s curiosity about?
Whom does Zeus call?
Whose is the gift of hope?
Who and Whom
Who and Whom are interrogative pronouns that refer to
people.
Who is the subject.
Who gives Pandora her name?
Whom is the object of a verb or preposition.
Whom does Zeus dislike?
**Tip: rearrange the question into a sentence. If you can
substitute whom for him or her, then whom is the
correct interrogative pronoun (not who).**
Zeus dislikes him/her.
Which and What
Which and What are interrogative pronouns that
refer to things.
Some gifts are for Pandora. Which are they?
Athena makes Pandora a robe. What does
Hephaestus make?
Whose
Whose is an interrogative pronoun that shows
possession.
The jar is in Pandora’s house. Whose is it?
**Don’t confuse whose with the contraction
who’s.
Who’s reading the myth? (Who is…)
Whose is it? (interrogative pronoun)
Show What You Know!
Determine which interrogative pronoun in
parenthesis is correct.
1. (Who, Which) is the myth about a quest for a
great treasure?
2. To (whom, who) did you read those myths?
3. (What, Whom) is the object of the quest?
4. (Who, Which) is the hero in the first story?
5. (Who’s, Whose) reading these myths?
Check!
Determine which interrogative pronoun in
parenthesis is correct.
1. (Who, Which) is the myth about a quest for a
great treasure?
2. To (whom, who) did you read those myths?
3. (What, Whom) is the object of the quest?
4. (Who, Which) is the hero in the first story?
5. (Who’s, Whose) reading these myths?
Show What You Know!
Determine whether WHOSE or WHO’S belongs
in each blank.
1. Jason is a famous hero of classical Greek
Who’s Jason?
mythology. _______
2. In Greece Jason tamed the king’s two fireWhose were the firebreathing bulls. _______
breathing bulls?