Pro Pronouns Point Pronoun or Adjective? When pronouns directly means Pronouns point to nouns with alternate names. “for.” modify nouns, they become adjectives. Pronoun Pronoun means What is the time? “for a noun.” Adjective liberty What time is it? Personal Pronouns point to “people” nouns he she it (except for it and its ). • I, me, my, mine Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns • you, your/s point to specific nouns. point to non-specific nouns. “reflect” the nouns they point to. • he, him, his Singular Singular • she, her/s This, That Another, Each, One Singular • we, us, our/s Either, Neither myself • they, them, their/s Plural • Anyone / body / thing himself • who, whom, whose These, Those • Everyone / body / thing herself • it, its • Someone / body / thing yourself This is the boy. • No one / body / thing itself Subjective Case Those are the girls. She has a toy. Plural They have a car. Plural All, Both, Few ourselves Interrogative Pronouns yourselves Objective Case Many, Several point to nouns that are the themselves The toy was hers. answers to questions. The car was theirs. Singular or Plural What, Which He saw himself. Any, None, Some Possessive Case* Who, Whom, Whose They saw themselves. Sue gave her toy away. Neither is poor. The Smiths drove their car. What is the time? Both are thin. Imagine a noun looking *These pronouns become Who is there? Sugar? Some is okay. at its pronoun “reflection” Possessive Adjectives. Tom saw whom? Fats? Some are okay. in a mirror. Relative Pronouns I’m a good Antecede nt link dependent clauses to nouns . pronoun: “Relatives” bring family members together! I always Antecedents are the nouns point to my that pronouns point to. Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Auntie Cedent! Ante means “before” and cede means “to go.” Which, That, Whatever, Whichever Think of an antecedent as an “ancestor” that exists or “goes before” its pronoun. Subjective Case Pro - noun A boy who tells lies is dishonest. John wore his proudly. BrainAid Who is the subject of the dependent clause His points to its antecedent noun John . “who tells lies,” which it links to the noun “boy.” It was John’s ring . Objective Case It points to its antecedent noun ring . Every boy whom Tom named was guilty. Why point I found a ring outside. It was John’s. Whom is the object of the dependent clause Ante to me, An antecedent can be in previous text. “whom Tom named,” which it links to the noun “boy.” Cedent dear? (To put it another way: Tom named whom.) Noun I’m just It was John’s. an old Observe how who & whom can be Personal, If no antecedent appears in the current text, Interrogative, or Relative pronouns. noun. it is understood to exist from previous text. www.maxlearning.net / English / Pronouns © 3/21/2013 * Page 1 of 2 Your Turn! Match each pronoun to a category. 1) ____ these are a. Personal 2) ____ Which is? b. Demonstrative 3) ____ each of c. Indefinite 4) ____ sees itself d. Reflexive 5) ____ its body e. Interrogative 6) ____ few attend 7) ____ to anybody 8) ____ mine are 9) ____ that is True or False 10) ________ Pronouns point to antecedents. 11) ________ Relative pronouns introduce independent clauses. 12) ________ Demonstrative pronouns point to specific nouns. 13) ________ Indefinite pronouns include each and one . 14) ________ The pronoun that can be Demonstrative or Relative. 15) ________ Pronouns that modify nouns become adjectives. Answers: 1b, 2e, 3c, 4d, 5a, 6c, 7c, 8a, 9b, 10T, 11F, 12T, 13T, 14T, 15T www.maxlearning.net / English / Pronouns © 3/21/2013 * Page 2 of 2 .