We Us He I she

• Pronouns

• We

• We

• Us

• He

• I

• She

Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun or another pronoun.

Example

• 1.Marie went for a walk.
• She went for a walk.
• In the second sentence, she is a pronoun that takes the place of the noun Marie.

Antecedents

• An antecedent is the noun the pronoun replaces or refers to.
• Jane and Margaret went shopping; they bought a new book at the store.
• “Jane and Margaret” is the antecedent. “They”is the pronoun that replaces it.

Subject Pronoun

• The subject pronoun is who or what the sentence is about
• We played soccer.
• “We” is a pronoun and it tells who the sentence is about.

Subject Pronouns

• Singular Plural
• I we
• You you
• He, she, it they
• (who, whoever)

1

• 1
• Kristina went to the game. ____ brought her little brother with her.

• Fill In The Blank

Kristina

• Kristina
• went to the game. She brought her
• little brother with her.

• Answer

Object Pronoun

• The object pronoun is a someone or something that receives the action of the subject.
• She kicked it.
• “It” is a pronoun and “it” is receiving the action- it is being kicked.

Object Pronouns

• Singular Plural
• me us
• you you
• him, her, it them
• (whom, whoever)

2

• 2
• She forgot to call Jennifer. She forgot to call ______.

• Fill In The Blank

She forgot to call Jennifer. She forgot to call her.

• She forgot to call Jennifer. She forgot to call her.

• Answer

6 Types of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns

• A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about.
• Karen ate pizza.
• She was hungry.
• The word "she" is a personal pronoun that refers to "Karen."

• ME!

Examples

	Singular	Plural
First Person	I, me, my, mine	We, us, our, ours
Second Person	You, your, yours	You, your , yours
Third person	He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its	They, them, their, theirs

2. Reflexive Pronouns

• A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence. It ends in "-self" or “-selves”
• Bob enjoyed himself at the gym.
• “Himself” is a reflexive pronoun; it is necessary for the sentence
• to make sense.

3. Intensive Pronouns

• An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun.
• It is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
• Did you decorate the room yourself?
• “yourself” is not necessary to include.

Reflexive- NECESSARY	Intensive- UNECESSARY
To lift weights, one must FLEX their muscles.	However, one doesn’t have to be INTENSE and make grunting and growling noises.

• Grrrr…

Reflexive and Intensive Examples

Singular	Plural
Myself	Ourselves
Yourself	Yourselves
Himself	Themselves
Herself
itself

4. Indefinite Pronouns

• An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to persons, places, or things, in general. It may or may not be specifically named.
• Someone stole my wallet!
• The word "someone" is the
• indefinite pronoun.

Indefinite Exampes

Singular	Plural
Anybody, anyone, Each, either, Every, everybody, Everyone, Neither, nobody, No one, nothing, one	Both Many Few several

5. Demonstrative Pronouns

• A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that replaces and points out a person, place, thing, or idea.
• These are sour.
• The word "these" is a demonstrative pronoun; it replaces the word lemons.

Demonstrative Pronoun Examples

• This
• That
• These
• Those

6. Interrogative Pronouns

• An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
• Who, whom, and which are interrogative pronouns.
• Who wrote Twilight?
• The word “Who" is an interrogative pronoun.