What’re Pronouns?A pronoun can replace a noun or

another pronoun

Why pronouns?To make sentences appear less

awkward and repetitive.

PersonalPronouns

Subjective

Objective

Possessive

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Subjective Personal Pronouns

Description Example Model sentence

Pronoun acts as subject of the sentence

He ; She ; It

I ; You; We; They

He was the oddest looking child she has ever laid eyes on.

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Description Example Model sentence

Pronoun acts as object of a verb, compound verb, infinitive phrase or preposition

Me; You, Her; Him; It; Us; They

The mugger snatched her purse and sped off towards the opposite direction.

Objective Personal Pronouns

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Possessive Personal Pronouns

Description Example Model sentence

Pronoun acts as marker of possession and defines an ownership of a particular object or person.

Mine; Yours; Hers; Its; Theirs, His; Ours

The fanciest gift is his.

This stack of paper is all yours.

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Who Whom

Whose

Which

That

Relative Pronouns

What’s This?

What is a Relative Pronoun?

A pronoun used to link a phrase or a clause (sentences) together to from one sentence instead.

Example sentence

Relative Pronouns

PeopleWho

Whom

Possesion Whose

Things Which

Things & People That

Sentence 1:

Sentence 2 :

Complete Sentence:

The cat belongs to Ann

The cat caught the rat

The cat which caught the rat belongs to Ann

Sentence 1:

Sentence 2 :

Complete Sentence:

This is the man.

The man killed the snake.

This is the man who killed the snake.

Interrogativepronouns

used in order to ask a question

They only have one form since the plural

and singular forms are indistinguishable

Whose Whom Which What Where

-ever/-soever+

Forms:

Subject Object Possesive

Who (people) Whom(people) Whose(possesive relation)

Which(people & object)

What(people & object)

WHAT

What time is it?

WHICH

Which chair are you talking about?

WHO

Who are you?

WHOSE Whose car did you drive here?

WHOM

Whom did you phone?

For whom will you vote?

Interrogative Pronoun

Interrogative Adjective

Which

What

Relative Pronoun

Who

Whom

Which

Reflexive Pronoun?

'reflects' the person to whom the pronoun refers to.

[it’s a pronoun that ends with -self / -selves]

Yourself

Themselves

Myself Yourselve

s

Them

selv

es

Hers

elf Him

self

Ourselve

s

Itself

The Dean often does the photocopying herself so that the secretaries can do more

important work.

Diabetics give themselves insulin shots several times a day.

Indefinite pronounPronouns that does not refer to any particular person or thing.

body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things:

Somebody Someone Something

anybody anyone anything

nobody no one nothing

everybody everyone everything

• A singular verb is used after an indefinite pronoun:

Example: Everybody loves Sally.

Everything was ready for the party.

When  refering back to an indefinite pronoun, a plural pronoun is used: Example:

Everybody enjoyed the concert. They stood up and clapped. 

• adding -'s to an indefinite pronoun makes a possessive pronoun.

Example: They were staying

in somebody’s house. Is this anybody’s coat?

• indefinite pronouns with no- is used as the subject in negative clauses (not pronouns with any.)

Example: Anybody didn’t come >> Nobody came.

• ‘else’ is used  after indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things in addition to the ones already mentioned.

Example:

If Michael can’t come we’ll ask somebody else.

INTENSIVE PRONOUN

An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasise its antecedent.

Example Sentence

I myself believe that aliens should abduct my sister.

The Prime Minister himself said that he would lower taxes.

They themselves promised to come to the party even though they had a final exam at the same time.

Demonstrative pronouns

Plural nouns

These Those

Singular nouns

This That

Points to and identifies a noun or pronoun.

Example Sentence

Three customers wanted these.

This must not continue.

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