Types of pronouns

1. Pronouns
{ Plural, Possessive, Intensive, Demonstrative

2.  Pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun.
 Sister Reshelle teaches fourth grade.
 She teaches fourth grade

3.  Personal Pronoun: shows ownership. It can be
used alone or before a noun.
 can replace a subject, an object, or a possessive
noun in a sentence.
Type Pronouns Function
Subject Pronouns I, You, she, it Subject of
we, they predicate
Object Pronouns Me, you, her, him, Direct object,
it, us, you, them indirect object,
object of a
preposition

4.  Acts of the subject of a sentence and also as the
predicate noun.
 I would love to go to the laser show. (subject)
 It is I. (predicate noun)
Subject Pronouns

5.  Use as an object pronoun as a direct object or as
an indirect object.
 We remember him. (direct object)
 The neighbors gave us tickets. (indirect object)
 I hiked to the cliff, and the view gave me goose
bumps.(indirect object)
Object Pronoun

6. Shows ownership. It can be used alone or before a noun. It
can be used alone or before a noun.
She gave me his beach towel. Where is mine?
Possessive Pronouns

7.  Ends with –self or –selves and emphasizes a
noun or pronoun.
 Gabe and Ian themselves cleaned the field.
 I myself am sick of the heat.
 You yourself are responsible for this mess!
 The president himself appeared at the rally.
 The actress herself wrote those lines.
 quiz
Intensive Pronouns

8.  Points out a specific person, place, thing, or
idea.
 That was an extraordinary shot.
 This tastes good.
 Have you seen this?
singular plural
singular this that
plural these those
Demonstrative

9.  Ends with –self or –selves and refers back to the
subject.
 Gabe and Ian made themselves co-captains of
the soccer team.
Reflexive Pronoun

10.  Caleb pushed his chair back.
 He
 The chair made a hollow scraping sound.
 It
 “And Mama named me Caleb.”
 she
 Caleb, Papa, and I all received answers.
 We
 Caleb slipped his hand into my hand.
 mine
Replace each underlined
word with a pronoun

11.  Write 4 sentences about a place you would like
to visit, such as another country or state. Use
singular, possessive, and plural pronouns.
Your turn