All the things you need to know about pronouns!

1. Pronouns
6th graders

2. What do you
already know
about pronouns?

3. Lets see if you are
right!

4. So what are
Personal
Pronouns?

5. Personal Pronouns:
● Personal pronouns are used to replace people, places or things to make
sentences shorter and clearer. Examples of personal pronouns include: I,
we, it, they, you, and she. Your choice of personal pronoun will determine
if you are writing in the first person or the third person.
● Personal pronouns are divided into 3 parts. The first part is called the
First person pronoun, the second one is called the second person pronoun,
and the last one is called the third person pronoun.

6. Here is a chart of the
Pronouns:

7. So what are the
Numbers and
Genders of a
pronoun then?

8. Numbers and Genders of pronouns:
● Some pronouns are part of singular and plural groups.In
the third person singular pronouns they are part of 3
groups. They are called masculine (male), feminine
(female), and neuter (not living). These groups are a
part of boy pronouns (he or his), girl pronouns (her and
she) and not living (it).

9. Pronoun genders Chart:

10. What are
agreement
pronouns and
Antecedents?

11. Agreement of Pronouns and Antecedents:
● The noun to which a pronoun refers to is its antecedent.
The pronoun must agree in person and number with the noun
it replaces. A third person singular pronoun must also
agree with its antecedent in gender.

12. Antecedents of Pronouns
Chart:

13. Now lets do some
examples!

14. Personal Pronouns:
1. I am reading a book about Angelina Grimke.
2. Do you know who she is?
3. She crusaded aganistist slavery before the Civil War.
1. I
2. You
3. She

15. Number and Gender of Pronouns:
1. He sent it to her.
2. They brought them.
3. He helped her prepare supper. I helped eat it.
4. He sent it to her.
5. They brought them.
6. He helped her prepare supper. I helped eat it.

16. Agreement of pronouns and antecedents:
1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in India in 1869; he
became an international figure for freedom.
2. India is in Asia, but it was ruled by the British.
1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; he
2. India; it