PRONOUNS 1 Flashcards

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are words (or phrases) we substitute for nouns, the replaced noun is called the antecedent

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🔹PRONOUNS

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used in place of the person or people we are talking about.

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🔹PERSONAL PRONOUNS
- I, we, you, he, she, it, us, they, them

Example:
I like coffee

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pronouns used when asking questions

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🔹INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
- who, whom, what, which

Example:
Who would like coffee?

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pronouns that represent a thing or things.

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🔹DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
- this, that, these, those, such, so

Example:
This coffee tastes good.

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pronouns that does not refer to any specific person, thing, or amount.

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🔹INDEFINITE PRONOUN
Singular - all, everybody, anyone, another, everything, no one, nothing, somebody, nobody, someone

Plural - both, few, many, others

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a pronoun that that introduces a relative clause. It relates to the word it modifies.

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🔹RELATIVE PRONOUNS
- who, whom, whose, which, that

Example:
The person who drank coffee last night, was me.

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used to refer to a specific person, thing (the antecedent) belonging to a person or thing.

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🔹POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
- mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, its

Example:
“I am yours

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used with an active voice verb in order to reflect the action of the verb back on the subject

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🔹REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
- myself, yourself, themself, himself, herself, itself, ourself, themselves, ourselves

Example:
I saw myself in the mirror

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(7) seven types of pronouns

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Personal
Interrogative
Demonstrative
Indefinite
Relative
Possessive
Reflexive

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