Parts of Speech

Pronouns

Basic Definition

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.Most pronouns have an antecedent

An antecedent is the word the pronoun replacedEx: Ray said he wanted musical talents to audition for the playPronoun: HeAntecedent: Ray

Antecedents

Antecedents can be more than one word, and can even be in a different sentence!Ex: Chad and I auditioned together. We both got lead parts.

What’s the pronoun? What’s the antecedent?

Possessive Pronouns

Show ownership or relationship

Ex: Sonia delivered her famous monologue

Pronouns

Singular Plural1st person I, me we, us

(my, mine) (our, ours)

2nd person you you (your, yours) (your, yours)

3rd person he, him, she, her, it they, them (his, her, hers, its) (their,

theirs)

Possessive Pronouns are in parenthesis

Other types of pronouns

Intensive pronoun: adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence.

Ex: The wait itself would take hours. Reflexive pronoun: reflects action back to the subject of the sentence and adds information to the sentence

Ex: Donna prepared herself for a long day.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

First person Second Person Third Person

Singular: myself yourself himself herself itself

Plural: ourselves yourselves themselves

Demonstrative Pronouns

Point out specific persons, places, things or ideas.

Demonstrative pronouns are: This, these, that, those

Indefinite Pronouns

Does not refer to a specific PPTI

See list on page 12- write in notes

Other Types of Pronouns Con’t

Relative PronounsUsed to introduce a clause

Who whom, whose, which, that

Interrogative PronounsUsed to ask a question

Who, whom, whose, which, what

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