Pronouns and Antecedents

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Pre-Teach Quiz!!! • Isn’t this exciting??? Answer the questions. Now. • 1. What is a pronoun? • 2. What is an antecedent? • 3. How many pronouns are used in this slide? • 4. How many kinds of pronouns are there? • 5. What is Parker’s favorite pronoun?

Answers!!!!!!! • Oh my gosh. Here are the answers: • 1. A pronoun is a word used to represent a noun. • 2. An antecedent is the noun a pronoun represents. • 3. There was 1 pronoun. • 4. There are 8 kinds of pronouns. • 5. Parker’s favorite pronoun is they.

Pronouns!!! • Pronouns are words used to represent nouns. • Example: • Animals really like ice cream. They also likes cheese. • It makes it easier to say they instead of saying animals again. • The word they is the pronoun. • Antecedents are the nouns represented by the pronouns. • In the example, the word animals is the antecedent. • Not all pronouns refer to antecedents. • Example: • Everyone likes pie.

Pronouns and Antecedents • Pronouns and antecedents must agree in number. • Bad Example: • The old man is tired. They will go to sleep soon. • Good Example: • The old man is tired. He will go to bed soon. • They must also agree in gender. • Bad Example: • The man loves salad. She is going to eat it now. • Good Example: • The man loves salad. He is going to eat it now.

Kinds of Pronouns • There are 8 kinds of pronouns. • Person Pronouns • Demonstrative Pronouns • Relative Pronouns • Indefinite Pronouns • Intensive Pronouns • Reflexive Pronouns • Interrogative Pronouns • Reciprocal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns • Personal Pronouns are pronouns that take the place of specific nouns (names of people, places, things, and ideas) • The personal pronouns are: • I, you, he, she, it, they, we, me, him, her, us, them, my, your, his, her, our, and their. • There are 3 types of personal pronouns. They are: • Subject Pronouns • Object Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns

A Dedication This slide is dedicated to Brandon Carr and I, who had to do all of our projects in one night. God bless our souls.

Subject Pronouns • Subject pronouns take the place of the subject of the sentence. • Example: • Jerry likes pupcakes. He eats them all the time. • The subject pronouns are: • I, he, she, you, it, they, and we.

Object Pronouns • Object pronouns take the place of the object in the sentence. • Example: • Someonepunched Chinghow in the face. This made her very mad. • The Object Pronouns are: • Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.

Possessive Pronouns • Possessive pronouns take the place of a noun that is showing possession over something. • Example: • Jerry looked at the man. In an instant, Jerry stole his golden horse. • The Possessive Pronouns are: • My, your, his, her, our, and their.

Personal Pronouns (Continued) • Personal Pronouns can be characterized by person. • 1st person • Refers to the speaker. • 1st person singular: I, me. • 1st person plural: we, us. • 2nd person • Refers to person or people being spoken to. • 2nd person singular: you • 2nd person plural: you • 3rd person • Refers to people being spoken about. • 3rd person singular: he, she, him, her • 3rd person plural: they, them

Demonstrative Pronouns • They identify or point to nouns. • The Demonstrative Pronouns are this, that, these, those, and such. • As an object, that refers to something you just saw or heard. • Those is the plural form of that. • As an object, this refers to a recent experience. • These is the plural form ofthis. • As a subject, this, that, these, and those can be used to refer to objects and people. • Such refers to an explanation just made. • Example: • Such is my belief.

Relative Pronouns • The relative pronouns are who, whom, whoever, whomever, which, and that. • Relative Pronouns relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns. • Examples: • The cow who likes grass. • The lobster that likes little boys. • The clown which likes 80’s music. • Jerry will play with whomever he wants.

Indefinite Pronouns • The indefinite pronouns are everybody, anybody, somebody, all, each, every, some, none, and one. • Indefinite pronouns do not substitute for specific nouns, but function themselves as nouns. • Examples: • Everybody loves that guy who lives down the street. • Some like to go to Europe. • Somebody thinks I’m stupid!

Intensive Pronouns • The intensive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. • Intensive Pronouns are used to emphasize a noun. • Example: • I myself do not know who that tall, skinny man in the suit is.

Reflexive Pronouns • The reflexive pronouns are the same as the intensive pronouns. • The difference is, reflexive pronouns indicate that the subject is receiving the action of the verb. • Examples: • You are getting married to yourself??? • They started kicking themselves… • Jeff will start to throw books at himself.

Interrogative Pronouns • The interrogative pronouns are who, which, and what. • Interrogative pronouns introduce questions. • Examples: • Who is that? • Which one will you choose? • What in the name of Christopher is that?!?!?! • They also introduce noun clauses. • Examples: • We know who is guilty. • I need to know what you did.

Reciprocal Pronouns • The reciprocal pronouns are each other and one another. • Reciprocal pronouns are used to combine ideas. • Example: • Bill likes Sally, and Sally likes Bill. = Bill and Sally like each other.

IT’S FINALLY OVER Bless your souls for having to witness this. Although, let’s be honest, mine’s the best :P THE END

Pronouns and Antecedents