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PRONOUNS
Pronoun - a word that is used in place of a noun.
Antecedent – the word that the pronoun replaces.
Kinds of Pronouns
Personal Pronouns – refer to people
First person – The person or people speaking or writing - I, me, we, us, our, ours
Second person - The person or people being spoken or written to - you, you, yours
Third Person - The person, people, or things being spoken or written about - he, him,
she, her, it, his, her, hers, its, they, them, their, theirs
Possessive Pronouns – show ownership
my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns - formed by adding self or selves
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Indefinite pronouns - do not refer to a specific person, place, or thing; usually do not have antecedents
Singular indefinite – another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody,
everyone, everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, someone,
somebody, something
Plural indefinite – both, few, many, several
Singular or plural – all, any, more, most, none, some
Demonstrative Pronouns – point out things
Refers to things that are nearby
this, these
Refers to things that are far away
that, those
Interrogative Pronouns – ask questions
Who, whom, whose, which, what
Relative pronouns – first word in a subordinate clause
Who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, which, whichever, that
Subject & Object Pronouns - are used as either the subject or the object in a sentence.
Subject/Nominative Pronouns - subjects and predicate nouns
I, we, you, she, he, they, it,
Object Pronouns -direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions
Me, us, you, her, him, them, it
Sentence Diagramming & Pronouns
Sentence diagramming is a visual way to show how the words in a sentence are related to each other.
Pronouns can do many things in a sentence, and the way they are diagrammed depends on the way that they are acting in each sentence.
Here are some of the jobs that pronouns can do: subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and predicate noun.
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