Types of Pronouns:
Types of pronouns chart
Today’s Learning Goal:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar (Focus: pronouns)
What does this mean for my future learning?
Eliminate repetition and awkwardness in writing.
For example:
- Alan was excited when the editor for The Utne Reader called him to ask for permission to reprint an article he wrote for Atlantic Monthly about his experiences in the Philippines.
- Alan was excited when the editor for The Utne Reader called Alan to ask for permission to reprint an article Alan wrote for Atlantic Monthly about Alan's experiences in the Philippines.
7 Types of Pronouns:
- Personal
- Reflexive
- Intensive
- Demonstrative
- Relative
- Indefinite
- Interrogative
Before we begin…
What’s an antecedent?
(The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to)
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)
Examples:
I embarrassed myself at the party. (Direct Object)
She wrote herself a note. (Indirect Object)
He chuckled at himself. (Prepositional Complement)
Intensive Pronouns:
*Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun
Examples:
He made dinner himself.
She went to the store herself.
“Fine, I’ll go clean it myself!”
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-onepronouns
- singular indefinite-bodypronouns
- singular indefinite-thingpronouns
- other singular indefinite pronouns
- plural indefinite pronouns
- singular/plural indefinite pronouns
- you, yours, yourself, yourselves
- they, them, theirs, themselves
Examples:
Nobodyleftanythingfor you.
Bothare forneither.
Somebodycalled aboutsomethinglast night.
Theysayyoushould always washyourhands before eating.
Interrogative Pronouns:
*Introduce a question
- who
- whom
- what
- which
- whose
- whoever
- whomever
- whatever
- whichever
- whosever