Pronouns Flashcards
Pronouns: these are used in the same way as a noun, and ? them in sentences when a ? is not necessary.
A. Replace / gerund B. Remove / verb C. Replace / noun D. Removes / container E. Replaces / container
C. Replace / noun
Personal Pronouns: represent people or things.
Please name the 2 different forms?
1. (?) personal pronouns, indicates that the personal pronoun is acting as the “subject of the verb”
- (?) personal pronouns, used when the personal pronoun is an object of the verb. (Direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions)
- Subjective
“we brought a pound of apples” - Objective.
“Paul knows her” direct = her
“Paul gave them the letter” indirect = know
“Paul went with him” prep = with him
Subjective Pronouns:
Replace the subject of a sentence.
Please name the 7 Subjective personal pronouns and commit to memory.
Object Pronouns:
Replace the object of the sentence.
Please name the 7 Object personal Pronouns and commit to memory.
Subject:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who
Object:
Me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom
Possessive Pronouns:
Are used to indicate (?) or (?) owns something and replace the owner if the owner is known.
Like all pronouns they take the place of nouns in sentences.
Please name 7 Possessive Nouns.
Who or what (represents people or things)
Mine, Yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs, are 7 (?) pronouns.
A. Pronouns
B. Subject pronouns
C. Object pronouns
D. Possessive pronouns
D. Possessive pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who
are the 7 ? pronouns
A. Pronouns
B. Subject pronouns
C. Object pronouns
D. Possessive pronouns
B. Subject pronouns
The term Possessive Pronoun covers Possessive adjectives and absolute possessive pronouns, (stand alone and do not modify nouns)
They include another 2 pronouns (?) and (its) - both from the possessive adjective
Whose and its (both from possessive adjectives)
Me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom
Are the 7 ? Pronouns
A. Pronouns
B. Subject pronouns
C. Object pronouns
D. Possessive pronouns
C. Object Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns:
Are used with another noun or pronoun when something does something to itself, which means the ? and the ? are the same.
“John pinched himself”
Please name 8 reflexive pronouns
Subject / object
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves
Indefinite Pronoun:
Refers to a non-specific (?) or (?). Used when unsure about the subject or object.
Please name the 6 and commit to memory
person / thing
Anyone, someone, anybody, somebody, nobody, something,
Demonstrative Pronouns:
Are used to replace specific people or things that have been previously mentioned or understood from context and whether it is replacing something singular or plural and whether is close by or far away.
Please name 2 singular and 2 plural
Singular:
This - close by
That - farther away
Plural:
These - close by
Those - farther away
Interrogative Pronouns:
Sometimes called “question words or (wh-words) as they are used to ask questions. These pronouns represent the “thing” that the question is about.
“Who won the race”
Please name the 5 and commit to memory.
Who, whom, whose, which, what
Also
Whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever.
Relative pronouns: introduces an adjective clause.
used to introduce a description for a noun and comes after the noun to identify it / tell us more information about it.
Please name 5 relative pronouns
That, which, who, whom, whose
The lady who made your dress is waiting outside
Noun = lady,
Relative pronoun = who
which starts the adjective clause
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourselves and ourselves are used when the subject and object are the same. These are known as
A. Relative pronouns B. Reflexive pronouns C. Interrogative pronouns D. Indefinite pronouns E. Demonstrative pronouns
B. Reflexive pronouns
Anyone, someone, anybody, somebody, nobody something are used when we are unsure as to the subject and object. They are all
A. Relative pronouns B. Reflexive pronouns C. Interrogative pronouns D. Indefinite pronouns E. Demonstrative pronouns
D. Indefinite pronouns
