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PRONOUNS!!!!

PRONOUNS!!!!. . . . And their many uses . There are many types of pronouns!. Personal Demonstrative Indefinite Interrogative Relative Reflexive. Subjective Personal Pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, they Objective Personal Pronouns: Me, you, her, him, it, us, them.

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PRONOUNS!!!!

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  1. PRONOUNS!!!! . . . And their many uses 

  2. There are many types of pronouns! • Personal • Demonstrative • Indefinite • Interrogative • Relative • Reflexive

  3. Subjective Personal Pronouns: • I, you, she, he, it, we, they • Objective Personal Pronouns: • Me, you, her, him, it, us, them Personal Pronouns There are three different types of personal pronouns; possessive, subjective and objective. *The subjective personal pronoun acts as the SUBJECT of the sentence.* ~The objective personal pronoun acts as the object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase.~

  4. Orange arrows = subject pronouns Yellow arrows = object pronouns Examples of subject & object pronouns: • Zeus lived atop Mount Olympus, and he was the god of the heavens and earth. • Zeus was the ruler of weather and giver of justice. He was married to the goddess Hera. • Despite being married to her, Zeus had many affairs. • Zeus’s affairs with goddesses and mortals made her jealous.

  5. Possessive Personal Pronouns: • My, your, his, her, our, their • Mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs (use when you drop the noun of the possession) Possessive Personal Pronouns Indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular thing or person.

  6. Possessive examples: • Zeus ruled over all with his lightning and thunderbolts. His symbols were the sharp-eyed eagle and the mighty oak tree. • As a mother, Hera chose the cow as her symbol. • As a queen, she used the splendor of the peacock to remind mortals of her power.

  7. Reflexive Pronouns: • Myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Reflexive Pronouns Used when the action of the subject goes back to the subject. The subject is the same as the object. Always ends in self.

  8. Reflexive examples: • Zeus could not help himself when it came to having affairs. • Hera could not stop herself from being jealous about the affairs. • We must educate ourselves about Greek Mythology.

  9. Relative Pronouns: • who, which, that, whom, whose Relative Pronouns Used to join two sentences about the same person or thing.

  10. Possessive examples: • Poseidon was the god of the sea and earthquakes whose brother was Zeus. • Poseidon’s symbols include a trident, which is a three pronged spear. • Poseidon was Zeus’s brother who lived mainly in an underwater kingdom.

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