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Pronouns
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Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that is

used in place of a noun or
another pronoun.
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A pronoun can refer to a person,

place, thing, or idea.
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The word that a pronoun refers

to is called its antecedent.

Ramon visited Death Valley, and he

was impressed.
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Pronouns such as we, I, he,

them and it are called
personal pronouns.

Personal pronouns
have a variety of
forms to indicate
different persons,
numbers, and
cases.
 PRONOUN CHART
subject object possessive possessive reflexive
pronouns pronouns adjektives pronouns pronoun
person I Me My….. Mine Myself
person You You Your….. Yours Yourself
person (male) He Him His….. His Himself
person (female) She Her Her….. Hers Herself
person (canbething) It It Its….. Itself
person (plural) We Us Our….. Ours Ourselves
person (plural) You You Your….. Yours Yourselves
person (plural) They Them Their….. Theirs Themselves
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The possessive is used to show ownership. Showing possession

in english is relatively an easy matter.

1. Possessive nouns:
an aposthrophe (‘) and an ‘-s’ used with nouns to show
possession.

The girl’s name The girls’ names

2. Possessive adjectives:
A possessive adjective is used only with a noun following
it.
 my my school is CCHS
your what is your name?
his do you laki his painting?
her her voice is beautiful
its kitty is my cat. Its fur is white
our our house is far from here
3. Possessive Pronouns:
A possessive pronoun is used alone,without a noun following it.

mine whose pen did she borrow? Mine.

yours his shirt is blue and yours is green.
his the man standing there is his uncle
hers that table is Nitas's, this bag is hers.
ours their class is dark but ours is bright
theirs this is my school. Theirs is in front of the field
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Singular Plural

I went out. We left early.

FIRST PERSON FIRST PERSON

You left too. You are leaving.

SECOND PERSON SECOND PERSON

He came by bus. They came by car.

THIRD PERSON THIRD PERSON
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Choose the pronoun form depending on

the pronoun’s function in the sentence.
He read about Death Valley.
SUBJECT

Julie asked him about the rocks.

OBJECT

Ramon bought his book.

POSSESSIVE

She has to do all the housework by

herself Revlexife
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Pronouns help you talk about people concisely

when you’re telling a story.
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Antecedent

The antecedent is the noun or

pronoun that a pronoun
replaces or refers to.
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Use a singular pronoun to refer to a

singular antecedent.

One story has its setting in Egypt.

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Use a plural pronoun to refer to a

plural antecedent.

The characters have their motives for murder.

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The pronoun must agree in person

with the antecedent.

Louis likes his mysteries to

have surprise endings.
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The gender of the pronoun must be the

same as the gender of its antecedent.
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Personal pronouns have three gender forms:

• masculine he, his, him

• feminine she, her, hers

• neuter it, its

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Agatha Christie sets many of her

her
stories in England.

The hero has to use all his

wits to solve the crime.
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