Bell / Partner work
• Number 1 – 25 on a blank sheet of
paper
• With a partner: try to define pronoun
and antecedent
• Get out one highlighter
Independent practice
• Identify the antecedent to each pronoun
Objective
• Identify and write using possessive and reflexive
pronouns by completing in-class work. (8.W.6.1.a)
A pronoun is a
word used in
place of a noun
or another
pronoun.
PRONOUNS AND
ANTECEDENTS
An antecedent is the
noun or group of
words that a
pronoun refers to.
Play ball!
1.they refers to Bobby, Angela, and Cindy
2.I refers to Cindy
3.They refers to the team (the Cubs)
4.it refers to the game
5.me refers to Cindy
6.I refers to Angela
7.us refers to Bobby, Angela, and Cindy
8.she refers to Angela
9.they refers to the players
10.They refers to the kids (Bobby, Angela, and Cindy)
Play ball
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
he refers to the Reds’ pitcher
It refers to the pitch
his refers to the umpire
one refers to the pitch
his refers to the batter
them refers to the batters
I’m refers to Bobby
it refers to the game
His refers to Bobby
They refers to Bobby, Angela, and Cindy
Play ball!
21.they refers to the team (the Cubs)
22.That refers to the loss/the losing
streak
23.their refers to the team
24.they refers to Bobby, Angela, and
Cindy
25.their refers to Bobby, Angela, and
Cindy
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun
is a pronoun that shows
who or what has
something. A possessive
pronoun may take the
place of a possessive noun.
Possessive Pronouns
Homer’s story is famous.
His story is famous.
This story is Homer’s.
This story is his.
Possessive nouns are in green. Possessive pronouns are in red.
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Possessive Pronouns
Singular
Plural
Possessive
ourOne
Used pronounsmyhave two forms.
form is used before a noun. The other
your
your
before
form is used alone.
nouns
Used
alone
his, her, its
mine
yours
his, hers, its
their
ours
yours
theirs
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Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns are not written with apostrophes. The
pronoun its, for example, shows possession. The word it’s,
on the other hand, is a contraction of it is. Read the
following sentences. Notice the meaning of the words in
red type.
Its central character is Odysseus.
It’s about the adventures of
It is)
(possessive pronoun)
Odysseus. (contraction of
Reflexive Pronouns
A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another
pronoun and indicates that the same person or
thing is involved. Reflexive pronouns are formed
by adding –self or –selves to certain personal and
possessive pronouns
The woman found herself a book of folktales.
Reflexive Pronoun
Reflexive Pronouns
Singular
myself
yourself
himself, herself, itself
Plural
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
Sometimes hisself is mistakenly used for
himself and theirselves for themselves.
Avoid using hisself and theirselves.
Objective
• Identify and write using possessive and reflexive
pronouns by completing a worksheet. (8.W.6.1.a)