What are Pronouns?

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What are Pronouns?
She
I
He
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Pronoun Project!

• Fold your paper into 8 squares (number 1-8)
• Write the definition and the examples for each
  type of pronoun
• Illustrate each section in a creative way that
  will help you remember them

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8 Parts of the Foldable

• Antecedent
• Subject
• Object
• Possessive
• Reflexive
• Interrogative
• Demonstrative
• Indefinite

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What are pronouns?

• Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or
  phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an
  antecedent.

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Example

• Halloween is one of America's holidays. It is
  celebrated in October.
• (Halloween is a noun. It is a pronoun that refers
  to the antecedent, Halloween.)

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Example

• When Robert was fixing the car, he cut his hand.
• (Robert is a noun. He is a pronoun that refers to
  the antecedent, Robert.)

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Personal Pronouns

• Refer to people or things

• Include I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he,
  him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them,
  their, theirs, we, us, our, ours.

ME!
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Examples

• He took her place in the game.
• Their main objective is to scare students.

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Choose the correct pronoun.

• Skateboards are fun, but
• can be dangerous.
• A. them
• B. it
• C. they
• D. we

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Now you try. Which of the following contains a
correct pronoun?

• A hill is next to them. It is very steep.
• Jeff rides his new bike. Him rides it down the
  block.
• Rickie gets on the plane. They are very excited
  about his trip.

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2. Subject Pronouns

• Used as the subject of the sentence
• They went to the Halloween party.
• You should wear a scary costume.

Singular Plural
I We
You You
He, she, it they
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3. Object Pronouns

• Used as direct objects, as indirect objects, or
  as the objects of prepositions
• Scary stories fascinate us.
• Jen gave me a book on vampires.
• Can you read the story to them?

Singular Plural
Me Us
You You
Him, her, it Them
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4. Possessive Pronouns

• Used to show ownership or relationship
• Remember, possessive pronouns NEVER use an
  apostrophe!
• I dropped my phone and broke its screen.
• That is his laptop.

Singular Plural
My, mine Our, ours
Your, yours Your, yours
Her, his, its Their, theirs
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5. Reflexive Pronouns

• Directs the action of the verb back to the
  subject
• The winners considered themselves lucky.
• End in self or selves.

Myself Yourself Herself, himself, itself
Ourselves Yourselves themselves
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6. Interrogative Pronouns

• Used to introduce a question
• Who likes ghost stories?
• Which story is the most frightening?

Who Whom What Which Whose
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7. Demonstrative Pronouns

• Points out a person, place, thing, or idea

This That These Those
These are her favorite colors.
This is Mrs. Wendy Witch.
Those are her old boots.
That is her new broom.
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8. Indefinite Pronouns

• Do NOT refer to a specific person, place, thing,
  or idea
• Do NOT have antecedents

Singular Singular Singular Plural Singular or Plural
Another Neither Anybody Both All
Nobody Anyone No one Few Any
Anything Nothing Something Many Most
Each One Everyone Several None
Either Somebody Everything Some
Everybody Someone
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Indefinite Pronouns

• Everyone should know about pronouns.
• All of you should pass the test.
• Most people think pronouns are simple, but
  theres a lot to them!