Pronoun Flip Book Pronoun n Word used in

Pronoun Flip Book

Pronoun n. Word used in place of a noun or other pronoun n. Pronouns can be singular or plural

Pronoun Cases: each pronoun has 3 forms: 1. Subject 2. Object 3. Possessive

Pronoun • Use the subject case when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence. • Use the object case when the pronoun is used as the direct object, indirect object, or as the object of a preposition. • Use the object case after the verb

Singular Plural Subject Object I, you, he, me, you, she, it him, her, it Subject Object we, you, us, you, them they

n Subject example: He gives them pictures for their albums. n Object example: Later he showed me some pictures. n Object of a preposition: I suggested the idea to him. n The object comes after the verb. n Use a subject pronoun after a linking verb.

Possessive Pronouns Personal pronouns that show ownership or relationship

Possessive Pronouns Singular Plural my, mine your, yours her, hers, his, its our, ours your, yours their, theirs

Possessive Pronouns n Possessive Pronouns that come before nouns: n my, your, her, his, our and their n Possessive Pronouns that can stand alone in a sentence: n mine, ours, yours, his, hers, and theirs

Reflexive Pronouns n Directs the action of the verb back to the subject. n Example: The boy convinced himself that his actions were not that bad.

Intensive Pronouns n Stress the noun or pronoun within the sentence n Are not necessary to the meaning of the sentence n Example: I myself would not have gotten into trouble.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns n Singular- myself, yourself, herself, himself, and itself n Plural- ourselves, yourselves, themselves n Theirselves- not a word

Pronoun Antecedent Agreement n Antecedent: noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to or replaces

Singular pronouns n. Refer back to a singular antecedent n. Example: If an immigrant was said to be unhealthy, he or she might be sent back home.

Plural pronouns n Refer back to a plural antecedent n Example: As the immigrants passed the statue, they studied it with awe.

Indefinite Pronoun n. Does not refer to a specific person, place, thing or idea. n. Can be singular or plural

Indefinite Pronouns Singu- Another, each, everything, one, anybody, lar either, nobody, someone, anything, everyone, no one, something Plural Both, few, many, several Singu- All, any, most, none, some lar or Plural