Pronouns Flashcards
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Types of personal pronouns
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- nominative personal pronouns
- objective personal pronouns
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What is a nominative personal pronoun ?
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- acts as the subject of a sentence
e.g I, you, he, she, it, we, they
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What Is an objective personal pronoun ?
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- acts as objects of the sentence.
e.g me, you, him, her, it, us, them
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What is a possessive pronoun ?
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- shows possession or ownership
e.g that book is mine
e.g my/mine, your, yours, his, her/hers, its, our/ours, their, theirs
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What is a reflexive pronouns ?
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- pronoun that are used to show that the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of verb
e.g myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves,
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What is an intensive pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used to place emphasis on the subject and aren’t essential to meaning of the sentence.Look the same as reflexive verbs
e.g myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
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What is a demonstrative pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used to identify nouns and answer the question “ which one ? “
e.g this, that, those,these
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What is an interrogative pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used in reference to a question
e.g who, what, which, whom,whose
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What is a relative pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used to connect clarifying information to nouns and other pronouns within a sentence
e.g who, that,which, whom, whose, whoever, whichever, whomever, whatever
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What is an indefinite pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used to a person or thing that is not specific or not known. Identify general group of people or things
e.g everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, somebody, most, all, each, every, some, none, one, few, both, many, several
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What is a reciprocal pronoun ?
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- pronouns that are used to refer to a mutual set of people
e.g we need to help one another survive
e.g each other, each others, ne another, one another’s
