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Types of Pronouns – Grammar Reference Sheet (A Pronoun Is a Word That Is Used to Take the Place of a Noun.) Types of Pronouns – Grammar Reference Sheet (A pronoun is a word that is used to take the place of a noun.) © 2013 David DiCrescenzo PERSONAL PRONOUNS Possessive Absolute Subject Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Pronouns (act as adjectives Pronouns First, (used in the subject (used in the predi- and, in a sentence, (stand by themselves Singular Second, of the sentence; cate of the sentence; are always written in a sentence; do not or Plural or Third show who is doing show who is the re- before the nouns of get written before Person the action or whom ceiver of the action which they show the nouns of which the sentence is or to whom the ac- possession, or they show posses- talking about) tion is being done) ownership) sion, or ownership) First I me my mine Singular Second you you your yours Third he, she, it him, her, it his, her, its his, hers, its First we us our ours Plural Second you you your yours Third they them their theirs REFLEXIVE myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves PRONOUNS He gave himself a present. INTENSIVE myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves PRONOUNS She herself decided to take swimming lessons. RELATIVE who, whom, whose, which, what, that PRONOUNS The kid who was given ice cream was happy. DEMONSTRATIVE this, that, these, those PRONOUNS That sounds like a lot of fun! INTERROGATIVE who, whom, whose, which, what PRONOUNS Who is knocking at the door, and what do you want? all both everything nobody several another / one another** each few none some INDEFINITE any each other** many no one somebody PRONOUNS anybody either most nothing someone anyone everybody much one* something anything everyone neither other such * THE INDEFINITE one, one’s, oneself PRONOUN ONE For one to be proud of oneself, one should always do one’s best work. ** RECIPROCAL each other, one another, each other’s, one another’s PRONOUNS We gave each other a gift. .
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