Pronouns Lesson 1

1. What are Pronouns?What are Pronouns?
II
HeHe
WeWeWe
ShSh
ee
UsUs

2. What are pronouns?What are pronouns?
Pronouns take thePronouns take the
place of nouns.place of nouns. The
word or phrase
replaced by a pronoun
is called an
antecedentantecedent.

3. Example:Example:
Halloween is one of
America's holidays. It is
celebrated in October.
(HalloweenHalloween is a noun.
ItIt is a pronoun that
refers to the
antecedent,
Halloween.)

4. Example:Example:
When Robert was fixing
the car, he cut his
hand.
(RobertRobert is a noun. HeHe is
a pronoun that refers to
the antecedent,
Robert.)

5. Personal PronounsPersonal Pronouns
Refer to people or things
ME!
Include: I, me, my,
mine, you, your,
yours, he, him, his,
she, her, hers, it, its,
they, them, their,
theirs, we, us, our,
ours.

6. Personal Pronouns
 Pronouns such as we, I, he, them,
and it are called personal pronouns.
 We can segregate personal
pronouns by
 Person: first-person, second-person,
third person
 Number: Singular or Plural
 Case: Subject or Object, Possessive