Types of pronouns Flashcards

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What is a pronoun

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A pronoun is a word that refers to or takes the place of a noun

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What is a personal pronoun

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refer to a specific thing in a sentence and can be divided into two groups : nominative and objective

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what is a nominative personal pronoun ?

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act as the subject of a sentence.For example, you should not go to school

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what is a objective personal pronoun ?

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acts as objects of a sentence.For example, Alex came out with Joe and me.

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what is a possessive pronoun

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pronouns that show ownership, something belongs to someone else.For example, That book is mine

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what is a reflexive pronoun ?

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pronouns that are used to show that the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of a verb.For example, we can write the paper ourselves

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what is a intensive pronoun

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pronouns that are used only to place emphasis on the subject and are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.They look the same as reflexive pronouns but they act differently in the sentence and are always placed next to the subject they are emphasising.For example, you yourself must go to the police

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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.For example, these are the books that John was talking about

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What is a interrogative pronoun

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pronouns that are used only in reference to a question.For example, which one of these pens is yours?

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what is a relative pronoun ?

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pronouns that are used to connect clarifying information to nouns or other pronouns in a sentence.For example, My best friend bill who helped save the cat.

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what is a indefinite pronoun

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pronouns that are used in reference to a person or thing that is not specific or not known.Also used to identify a general group of people or things.For example, All of the seniors were excited

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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.For example, we need to help one another survive

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examples of nominative personal pronouns

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you, I , he, she, we , it, they

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examples of objective personal,pronouns ?

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me, you , him/her, it, us, them

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examples of possessive pronouns

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my/mine, your/yours, his, her, hers,its, our/ours, their/ theirs

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examples of reflexive pronouns

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myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves

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examples of intensive pronouns

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myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves

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examples of demonstrative pronouns

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this, that, these, those

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examples of interrogative pronouns

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who, what,which,whom,whose

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examples of relative pronouns

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who,that,which, whom, whose, whoever, whichever, whomever, whatever

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examples of indefinite pronouns

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everyone, anybody, everybody, anybody,somebody, most, all some, none, few, both many,several