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Pronouns
Grammar Study Set
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pronoun | Takes the place of a noun |
| Personal Pronoun | Refers to a person or a thing |
| Subject Pronoun | A personal pronoun that is the subject of a sentence. |
| Object Pronoun | A personal pronoun that is the direct or indirect object of a verb. |
| Antecedent | The word or group of words that a pronoun refers to. The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender. |
| Possessive | Take the place of a person or thing that owns or possesses something. |
| Indefinite Pronouns | Refers to a person, place or thing in a more general way than a personal pronoun. |
| Reflexive Pronouns | Refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved. |
| Intensive Pronouns | Adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun that has already been named. |
| Interrogative Pronouns | Pronouns that introduce an interrogative sentence. |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | A pronoun that points out something. |
| Subject Pronouns | I, you, he, she, it, we, you and they |
| Object Pronouns | me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them |
| Possessive Pronouns - Used before nouns singular | my, your, her, his, its |
| Possessive Pronouns - Used before nouns plural | our, your, their |
| Possessive Pronouns - Used alone | mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, yours, theirs |
| Indefinite Pronouns - Singular | another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, much, neither, nobody, on one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something |
| Indefinite Pronouns - Plural | both, few, many, others, several |
| Reflexive Pronouns - Singular | myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself |
| Reflexive Pronouns - Plural | ourselves, yourselves, themselves |
| Intensive Pronouns | you yourself, me myself |
| Interrogative Pronouns | who, whose, which, what -- (subject) whom -- (object) |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | this, that, these, those |