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pronouns
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Language - English
8th Grade
02/25/2006

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What is a personal pronoun?
Definition
Have different forms to show person, number, and gender.
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What is a first person personal pronoun?
Definition
Shows who is speaking.
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What are some examples of first person personal pronouns?
Definition
I, Me, We, and Us
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What is a second person personal pronoun?
Definition
Shows who is being spoken to.
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What is the second person personal pronoun?
Definition
You
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What is a third person personal pronoun?
Definition
Shows who or what is being spoken about.
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What are some examples of third person personal pronouns?
Definition
He, Him, She, Her, It, They, and Them
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What is a possessive pronoun?
Definition
Replaces a possessive noun.
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What are the first person singular possessive pronouns?
Definition
My and Mine
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What are the first person plural possessive pronouns?
Definition
Our and Ours
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What are the second singular possessive pronouns?
Definition
Your and Yours
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What are the second plural possessive pronouns?
Definition
Your and Yours
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What are the third person possessive pronouns?
Definition
His, Her, Hers, and Its
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What are the third person possessive pronouns?
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Their and Theirs
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What is a pronoun antecedent?
Definition
The noun that the pronoun replaces.
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What is a pronoun antecedent?
Definition
The noun that the pronoun replaces.
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What is the pronoun and the pronoun's antecedent in the sentence below:

The radio is old, but it works well.
Definition
Pronoun: it

Antecedent: radio
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What is the pronoun and the pronoun's antecedent in the sentence below:

Keith finished his work.
Definition
Pronoun: his

Antecedent: Keith
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What is nominative case?
Definition
Subject pronouns are in the nominative case. Use the nominative case for pronouns used as subjects and predicate pronouns.
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What is objective case?
Definition
Object pronouns are in the objective case. Use the objective case for pronouns used as direct objects and indirect objects and as objects of prepositions.
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What are interrogative pronouns?
Definition
A pronoun used to form a question.
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What are some examples of interrogative pronouns?
Definition
Who, What, and Which
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What are demonstrative pronouns?
Definition
A pronoun that points out something.
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What are some examples of demonstrative pronouns?
Definition
This, That, These, and Those
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What is an indefinite pronoun?
Definition
Does not refer to a specific person or thing.
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What are some examples of singular indefinite pronouns?
Definition
another, everbody, nothing, anybody, anyone, anything, one, other, no one, nobody.....
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What are the plural indefinite pronouns?
Definition
both, few, many, ones, others, and several
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What indefinite pronouns are both singular and plural?
Definition
all, any, most, none, and some
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What are reflexive pronouns?
Definition
They end in -self or -selves and refers to the subeject of the sentence. It generally cannot be left out of the sentence.
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What are the singular reflexive pronouns?
Definition
myself, himself, itself, yourself, and herself
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What are the plural reflexive pronouns?
Definition
ourselves, yourselves, and themselves
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What are intensive pronouns?
Definition
They end in -self and -selves and emphasizes a word in the sentence.
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What are the singular intensive pronouns?
Definition
myself, herself, yourself, itself, and himself
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What are the plural intensive pronouns?
Definition
ourselves, yourselves, and themselves
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