Pronouns

Question 1

Pronoun

Answer 1

Type of speech that replaces a noun in a sentence

Question 2

Personal pronoun

Answer 2

Pronoun that refers to a specific person
Ex. He she it them

Question 3

Possessive pronoun

Answer 3

Pronoun that demonstrates ownership
Ex. Mine, yours, his, her, ours

Question 4

Indefinite pronoun

Answer 4

Pronoun that refers to things or people in general
Ex. Everyone, all, nobody

Question 5

Relative pronoun

Answer 5

Pronoun that connects a phrase or clause to a noun or pronoun
Ex. Who, whom, which, that

Question 6

Reflexive pronoun

Answer 6

Pronoun used with another noun or pronoun when something does something to itself
Ex. Pronouns that end in “self” or “selves”. “Yourselves”

Question 7

Intensive

Answer 7

Emphasize a noun or pronoun
Ex. Myself, himself, themselves

Question 8

Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 8

Focus the attention on the nouns that they are replacing
Ex. This, these, that, such

Question 9

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 9

Used when you are asking a question
Ex. Who, which, what, whatever