Pronouns
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Transcript of Pronouns
PRONOUNS
1) They are angry with them.
2) This is mine and that is yours.
3) Both of them completed their assignments themselves.
Pronouns are words that replace a noun when identifying persons, places, things and ideas.
Are the words underlined in the sentences above replacing nouns?
1)They are angry with them.
John and Mark are angry with Molly and Mary.
2) This is mine and that is yours.
This is a demonstrative pronoun.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to something specific.
Demonstrative pronouns
Singular Plural
Refers to things that are close
this these
Refers to things that are far away
that those
BACK TO SENTENCE 2
What type of pronoun is that? (look in the chart above).
Answer
That is a singular demonstrative pronoun .
BACK TO SENTENCE 2
2) This is mine and that is yours
What type of pronoun is mine?
Mine is a Possessive pronoun – it communicates ownership.
Possessive pronouns
Singular Plural
These words come before nouns and function as adjectives.
your, my, her, his, its
Our, your, their
These words are used alone.
Mine, yours, his, hers,
Ours, yours, theirs
BACK TO SENTENCE 2
2) This is mine and that is yours
What type of pronoun is yours? (Look in the chart above).
Answer:
Yours is a singular possessive pronoun.
SENTENCE 33)Both of them completed their assignments
themselves.
What type of pronoun is both?
Answer:
Both is an indefinite pronoun – it does not refer to any specific people, places, or thing..
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Singular Plural Singular or Plural
Anybody, anyone, anything, either, each, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something
Both, few, many, several
All, any, most, none, some
BACK TO SENTENCE 3
What type of pronoun is them?
(Look at the chart below)
Personal pronouns
Singular Plural
First Person: the speaker or writer
I, me We, us
Second person: the person(s) spoken to
you you
Third person: person(s) spoken or written about
She, her, he, him, it
they, them
Them is a third person plural pronoun.
The speaker is using the word them to refer to the two persons he/she is talking about. ( I know its two persons because of the word both at the beginning of the sentence).
LOOK AT SENTENCE 3 AGAIN
3) Both of them completed their assignments themselves
We know what type of pronouns both and them are. What about their? Do your remember what type of pronoun their is? (Please see slide 10).
LOOK AT SENTENCE 3 AGAIN
What type of pronoun is themselves?
Themselves is a reflexive pronoun; it refer back to the subject.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Singular Plural
First person
myself ourselves
Second person
yourself yourselves
Third person
himself, herself, itself,
themselves
Look at the following sentences, pay careful attention to the underlined words.
1) This is the dress that she designed.
2) The actor, whom I adore, died recently.
THE UNDERLINED WORDS ARE
relative pronouns. Relative pronouns are used to introduce a clause that modifies a noun or a noun phrase.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Relative pronouns
that, which, who, whom, whose, whichever, whoever, whomever
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions – who, whom, which, what, whose. These pronouns represent the thing or person that the speaker is requesting information about.
Example:Who is that woman in the short black skirt?
What is in that box?
SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS
1)Alec and Aria love you. (You is the object)
2)They were happy with the gifts. (They is the subject)
SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS
Singular Plural
Subjects I, you, she, he, it
you, we, they
Objects me, you, her, him, it
us, you, them
PRACTICE EXERCISE
Write a paragraph (not exceeding 50 words) describing how to make your and your friend prepare your favourite meal. Use as many pronouns as you possibly can.