WHAT IS A PRONOUN ESSENTIAL QUESTION THE PRONOUN

WHAT IS A PRONOUN? ESSENTIAL QUESTION

THE PRONOUN ◦ THE SECOND OF THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH ◦ IT IS A WORD THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN

EXAMPLES ◦ IN THE SENTENCE: FELIPE IS AN INTELLIGENT STUDENT. ◦ THE NOUN: FELIPE, CAN BE REPLACED BY THE SINGULAR PRONOUN, HE ◦ THE NEW SENTENCE READS: HE IS AN INTELLIGENT STUDENT ◦ IN THE SENTENCE: WE OFFERED THE BASEBALL TICKETS TO RITA AND DREW. ◦ THE NOUNS: RITA AND DREW, CAN BE REPLACED BY THE PLURAL PRONOUN, THEM ◦ THE NEW SENTENCE READS: WE OFFERED THE BASEBALL TICKETS TO THEM.

SINGULAR PRONOUNS VS. PLURAL PRONOUNS ◦ A SINGULAR NOUN OR PRONOUN IS A WORD THAT REFERS TO ONE PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA. ◦ A PLURAL NOUN OR PRONOUN REFERS TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON, PLACE, THING OR IDEA.

THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF PRONOUNS ◦ PERSONAL PRONOUNS: REFER TO PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, AND IDEAS: I, ME, YOUR, THEY US AND IT ARE ALL PERSONAL PRONOUNS ◦ REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS: ARE FORMED BY ADDING SELF OR SELVES TO CERTAIN PERSONAL PRONOUNS. THEY REFLECT BACK TO THE PERSON OR THING MENTIONED IN THE SENTENCE. MYSELF, HIMSELF, HERSELF, ITSELF, YOURSELVES, AND THEMSELVES ARE ALL REFLEXTIVE PRONOUNS THERE IS NOT SUCH WORD AS THEIRSELVES ◦ DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS: CAN BE SINGULAR OR PLURAL. THEY POINT OUT A SPECIFIC PERSON, PLACE, OR THING. THIS, THAT, THESE, AND THOSE ARE DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS ◦ INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS: ARE USED WHEN ASKING A QUESTION. WHO, WHOM, WHICH, AND WHOSE ARE INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS. ◦ INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: DO NOT REFER TO A SPECIFIC PERSON, PLACE OR THING. SOME INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ARE ANOTHER, BOTH, EVERYONE, MOST, NO ONE, AND SEVERAL

PERSONAL PRONOUNS ◦ A FIRST-PERSONAL PRONOUN REFERS TO THE ONE (OR ONES) SPEAKING. THE SINGUALR FIRST-PERSON PRONOUNS ARE I, ME, MY, AND MINE. THE PLURAL FIRST-PERSON PRONOUNS ARE WE, OURS, AND US WE TOLD OUR STORY I OFFERED MY OPINION TO THE REPORTERS OURS IS THE LESS EXPENSIVE MODEL THE NEW FAMILY MOVED NEXT DOOR TO US ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?

PERSONAL PRONOUNS ◦ A SECOND-PERSONAL PRONOUN REFERS TO THE ONE (OR ONES) SPOKEN TO. THE SINGUALR AND PLURAL SECOND-PERSONAL PRONOUNS ARE THE SAME THREE WORDS- YOU, YOUR, AND YOURS CAN YOU BRING YOUR BOOK BACK HERE TODAY? THE PRESENT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. THIS AWARD IS YOURS. ARE WE STILL GOOD?

PERSONAL PRONOUNS ◦ THE THIRD-PERSONAL PRONOUN IS THE ONE (OR ONES) SPOKEN ABOUT. THE SINGUALR THIRD-PERSONAL PRONOUNS INCLUDE HE, HIS, HIM, SHE, HERS, IT, AND ITS THE PLURAL; THIRD-PERSONAL PRONOUNS INCLUDE THEY, THEIRS, AND THEM HE AND SHE WANTED TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN ON A VACATION. THEY ASKED HIM AND HER IF THE HOUSE HAD KEPT ITS APPEAL. DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL THINK THAT THIS CAR IS THEIRS? NOW TAKE 10 MINUTES AND COMPLETE THE PRONOUNS ASSIGNMENT, USE YOUR NOTES