Pronouns & Antecedents
What is a pronoun?
•  A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.
•  She went to the store.
Pronouns
•  We are going to New York for vacation.
What is an antecedent?
•  An antecedent is the noun which the
pronoun replaces.
•  The girl is in 6th grade. She likes school.
Antecedent
Pronoun
Types of Pronouns
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Subject pronouns
Object pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
Interrogative pronouns
Relative pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Subject Pronouns
•  Subject pronouns are used as the subject of
the sentence.
•  She is not mad that Ted has a new love
interest.
•  I think Alli and Chuck make a cute couple.
Object Pronouns
•  Object pronouns are used as objects of the
sentence (they receive the action).
•  They are found in the predicate.
•  Ted sent her flowers.
•  Alli didn’t invite him to the party.
Subject & Object Pronouns
Subject
Object
Singular
1st person
I
Me
2nd person
You
You
He
Him
She
Her
It
It
Plural
1st person
We
Us
2nd person
You
You
3rd person
They
Them
3rd person (male)
3rd person (female)
3rd person (nonperson)
Possessive Pronouns
•  Possessive pronouns show ownership or
possession of something.
•  Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her,
its, our, and their. These are used before a
noun.
Ex. My lunch is in the refrigerator.
•  Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his,
hers, ours, and theirs stand alone.
Ex. That lunch is mine.
Demonstrative Pronouns
•  A demonstrative pronoun identifies a noun or
pronoun.
•  Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those
•  This and these refer to nouns nearby in space and
time.
•  That and those refer to nouns further away in time
or space.
•  This and that refer to singular nouns.
•  These and those refer to plural nouns.
Demonstrative Adjectives
•  This, that, these and those can also be adjectives.
•  These adjectives describe a noun or pronoun.
•  A demonstrative pronoun takes the place of a
noun.
•  This is my favorite dessert. (Demonstrative
pronoun)
•  The papers are on that computer.
(Demonstrative adjective)
Indefinite Pronouns
•  Indefinite pronouns refer to things that are
general or not specific. Indefinite pronouns
are either singular or plural depending on
how they’re used.
•  They are all, another, any, anybody, anyone,
anything, each, everybody, everyone,
everything, few, many, most, nobody, none,
one, several, some, somebody, someone
Interrogative Pronouns
•  Interrogative pronouns are used when asking
a question.
Interrogative pronouns: who, whose, whom,
which and what
Ex. Which is your house?
Who will be introducing the speaker?
Relative Pronouns
•  Relative pronouns: who, whom, that, which,
whose
•  Relative pronouns introduce adjective clauses
•  Who is used as the subject
•  Whom is used when there is already a subject
Ex. Houston Nutt, who is the coach of the Rebels, has
been a coach for many years.
Lennon, whom friends describe as kind, accepted
Ted’s proposal.
Practice!
•  Which sentence below uses a subject
pronoun?
a.  The cards Lilly received are from him.
b.  He sent a card for each day of the week.
c.  Lilly started to question his sanity.
Practice!
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Which sentence below is
correct?
a.  The girl whom received
the cards was concerned.
b.  She discussed the matter
with her friends, whom
thought the decision was
an easy one.
c.  Lilly, whom we thought
was a smart girl, decided
to date Izzy.
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Which sentence below
does not use an object
pronoun?
a.  They went to the store to
buy a cake for the party.
b.  While at the store, they
decided Ted wasn’t
worth it.
c.  Not sure of this opinion,
Alli mulled it over.
Practice!
•  Which sentence below uses an indefinite
pronoun?
a.  Before the party, no one thought Chuck
would come.
b.  Alli had come to her senses and decided
Chuck was not the boy for her.
c.  He showed up; she thought she had made a
terrible mistake.
Practice!
•  Which sentence below contains a
demonstrative pronoun?
a.  The girl who realized her mistake was not
Alli.
b.  That would be Sally.
c.  Everyone was shocked at what happened
next.