Done by : Jordy Zapeta

What are Pronouns?

The Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.

Why do you need pronouns?

If we didnt have pronouns, wed have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentence very cumbersome and repetitive. e.g.: Alex went to the movies and Alex got popcorn and a soda. That would be somewhat repetitive. It is much easier to read a sentence that say "Alex went to the movies and he got popcorn and a soda.

Examples of Pronouns
Subject Pronouns: I We You They He, she, it Object Pronouns: Me Us You Them Him, Her, It

Relative pronouns
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduce a

relative clause. It is called a relative pronoun because it relates to the word that it modifies, here is an example: E.g. : The person who Phones me last night is my teacher. In the above example, who Relates to person, which is modifies Introduces the relatives clause who phoned me last night

Relative Pronouns
Who (subject) and whom (object) are generally only

for people. Whose is for possession. Which is for things. In non-defining relative clauses, that is used for things. In defining relative clauses (clauses that are essential to the sentence and do not simply add extra information) that can be used for things and people**.

Possessive Pronouns
We use Possessive Pronouns person/people or

thing/things (the "antecedent") belonging to a person/people (and sometimes belonging to an animal/animals or thing/things).
We use possessive pronouns depending on:
number: singular (eg: mine) or plural (eg: ours)

person: 1st person (eg: mine), 2nd person (eg: yours) or

3rd person (eg: his) gender: male (his), female (hers)

Possessive Pronouns
Singular Possessive Pronouns Plural Possessive Pronouns 1st person: Mine Ours 2nd person: Yours Yours 3rd person: His/hers Theirs
E.g.: Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject = My picture) All the essays were good but his was the best. (subject = his essay)

Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns: Who Whom Whose Which

Intorrogative Pronouns
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. The

interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we don't know (what we are asking the question about).
There are four main interrogative pronouns: who, whom,

what, which
Notice that the possessive pronoun whose can also be an

interrogative pronoun (an interrogative possessive pronoun).

Intorrogative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns:
Person: Who, Whom Thing: What

Person/thing: Which
Person: Whose(possessive)

E.g. Who told you? John told me.

E.g. What do you want? I want coffee.