Pronouns

Personal, Reflexive and Possessive

Pronouns

What is a Pronoun?

• A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another

pronoun.

Here’s an Example1.Mrs Turnbull teaches English.

2. She teaches English.

In the second sentence, she is a pronoun that takes the place

of the noun Mrs Turnbull.

Personal PronounsPersonal pronouns refer to specific persons or

things.

Douglas reads stories.

He likes fairy tales.

The word “he” is a personal pronoun that refers to “Douglas”.

Reflexive pronounsThese are pronouns that have

"-self" or "-selves" on the end.

Teddy read the book to himself.

The reflexive pronoun is "himself."

Possessive pronounsThese show who owns

something (and they don’t have apostrophes).

Ours, his, their, and her are possessive pronouns.

That book is Fluffy’s book.That book is his book. The word "his" is a

possessive pronoun.