Personal Pronouns:
*Refers to specific antecedents
*Express person and number in English
· I, me, mine, myself
· we, us, ours, ourselves
· you, yours, yourself, yourselves
· he, him, his, himself
· she, her, hers, herself
· it, it, its, itself
· they, them, theirs, themselves
Reflexive Pronouns:
*a type of personal pronoun
*Can perform 3 different functions (Direct object, Indirect Object, or Prepositional complement)
· myself (first person singular)
· yourself (second person singular)
· himself (third person singular masculine)
· herself (third person singular feminine)
· itself (third person singular neuter)
· ourselves (first person plural)
· yourselves (second person plural)
· themselves (third person plural)
Intensive Pronouns:
*Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun
Demonstrative Pronouns:
*Point out a person, place, thing, or idea
*Demonstrate the item being talked about
· This
· That
· These
· Those
Relative Pronouns:
*Introduce a subordinate clause (an incomplete thought… cannot stand alone)
· who
· whom
· that
· which
· Ø (null relative pronoun)
· whose
· when
· where
· why
·
Indefinite Pronoun:
*Refer to unspecified antecedents
· singular indefinite -one pronouns
· singular indefinite -body pronouns
· singular indefinite -thing pronouns
· other singular indefinite pronouns
· plural indefinite pronouns
· singular/plural indefinite pronouns
· you, yours, yourself, yourselves
· they, them, theirs, themselves
Interrogative Pronouns:
*Introduce a question
· who
· whom
· what
· which
· whose
· whoever
· whomever
· whatever
· whichever
· whosever