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Pronouns

The document discusses different types of pronouns including personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, intensive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and cases of pronouns. It provides examples and definitions for each pronoun type.

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Pronouns

The document discusses different types of pronouns including personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, intensive pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and cases of pronouns. It provides examples and definitions for each pronoun type.

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Pronouns

Introduction to Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
 Pronouns are words that
Person Singular Plural
takes the place of a noun.
The noun that the We, us, our,
pronoun replaces is First Person I, me, my, mine
ours
called an antecedent.
Second Person you, your, yours you, your, yours
 Personal Pronouns are
used to refer one or more he, him, she, her,
they, them,
persons or things. Third Person it, his, her, hers,
their, theirs
its
Demonstrative Pronouns tell which one or which group is referred to.
this that these those
• Those who obey God’s commandments will be
rewarded.
Reflexive Pronouns are used to indicate that the subject acts to, for or upon
itself.

You form reflexive pronouns by adding suffixes –self and –selves to the personal
pronouns.
Person Singular Plural
First Person myself ourselves
Second Person yourself yourselves
Third Person himself, herself, themselves
itself, oneself

• On cold rainy mornings, I drag myself out of bed.


Intensive Pronouns are the same words as the reflexive pronouns but are used to
draw special attention to a noun in the sentence.
• I myself wrote the lyrics of the song.

Interrogative Pronouns introduce questions.


what which who whom whose
• Whose laws must we follow – God’s or man’s?

Relative Pronouns introduce adjective clauses which are word groups that tell
which, what kind, or how many.
that which who whom whose

• There is God who cares.


Indefinite Pronouns refer to the people, places, and things in general. They can be
used without antecedents.
SINGULAR PLURAL
anybody everyone no one both
anyone much one few
each neither somebody many
either nobody someone others
everybody something anything several

The following indefinite pronouns can either be singular or plural, depending on how
they are used in a sentence.
all any most none some

• Some of the girls are joining the field trip.


• Some of the food left.
Cases of Pronouns
Nominative Case: the subject form of personal pronouns.
I you we he she it they
• It is I who is your friend

Objective Case: the object form of the personal pronoun.


me you him her it us them
• Glenn sent Liza and me some wild orchids from Davao.
• Just between you and me, I think this painting is ridiculous.

Possessive Case: pronouns that indicate ownership.


my mine your your his her hers its our ours their their
s s

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