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Pronouns

We take the place of one or more Nouns or Pronouns.

A pronoun takes the place of one or more nouns.

Without pronouns:

Frederick spilled a jar of mayonnaise on my mother and father.

With pronouns:

He spilled it on them.

A pronoun takes the place of other pronouns.

He and she came to my house yesterday.

They came to my house yesterday.

(Takes the place of “he” and “she”)

Subjective
Personal
Pronouns

A subjective personal pronoun acts as the subject of the sentence.

You bought all the applesauce in the whole store.

Objective
Personal
Pronouns

An objective personal pronoun acts as the object of a verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.

Reggie threw me a bag of nachos.

Indirect object of the verb “threw”

Vinny and Lucy invited us to the play!

Direct object of the verb “invited”

Izzy did their homework for them.

Object of the preposition “for”

The piano was so out of tune that Jake begged Doctor Noize not to play it.

Object of the infinitive phrase “to play”

Possessive
Pronouns

A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession.

The computer is ours.

Sometimes Patricia likes to take things that are mine not hers.

Interrogative
Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question. Usually the antecedent is unknown (which is the need for the question).

What is your name?

Who is your favorite actor?

Demonstrative
Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun replaces one or more nouns and indicates proximity (near or far).

This is Pete’s science project.

Those are my shoes.

Indefinite
Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific noun or pronoun. Often, the antecedent is unknown.

Everyone in this room loves to play Jenga.

Is anybody here?

Pancakes are the best. Please give me another!

Intensive
Pronouns

An intensive pronoun emphasizes, or intensifies, a noun or another pronoun.

You yourself are the biggest goofball in the world.

Yes, I baked all those cookies myself.

Reflexive
Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun directs the action of the verb back to the subject of the sentence.

Roger looked at himself in the mirror.

We sang ourselves a song this morning.

Relative
Pronouns

A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause.

My mother, who is a biologist, loves to scuba dive.

Gerladine prefers chocolate that tastes like raspberries.