Pronouns Flashcards

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Personal Pronouns

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Replace the name of a specific object, place or person. They can be
1st person singular/plural- I/we
2nd person singular/plural- you/you
3rd person similar/plural- he/him or they/them

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Possessive pronoun

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Show possession of an object/ thing.
1st person singular/plural- mine/ours
2nd person singular/plural- yours/ yours
3rd person singular/ plural- his/theirs

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Reflexive pronouns

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Helps the reader to realise the subject is the same as the object. Ends in self/selves
1st person singular/plural- myself/ourselves
2nd person singular/plural- yourself/yourselves
3rd person singular-plural- himself/ themselves

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Demonstrative pronoun

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Points at something or someone.

Eg) this, that

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Indefinite pronoun

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Doesn’t refer to a specific person or thing its very general.
Eg) everything and anything

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Relative pronouns

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Link words together in a sentence.

Eg) who, whom

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