PRONOUNS

ANDITS

KINDSPREPARED BY:CORINNE DOROTHY

ALMOITE

Carmelita is a pretty girl. The girl has flawless skin and beautiful smiles. That is why, many people admire the girl.

Carmelita is a pretty girl. The girl has flawless skin and beautiful smiles. That is why, many people admire the girl.

Carmelita is a pretty girl. She has flawless skin and beautiful smiles. That is why, many people admire her.

PRONOUNSA pronoun replaces a

noun.

KINDS OF PRONOUNS:1. Personal Pronoun2. Relative Pronoun3. Interrogative Pronoun4. Possessive Pronoun5. Distributive Pronoun6. Indefinite Pronoun7. Demonstrative Pronoun

Personal Pronouns

-refers to the person speaking, person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of. -refer chiefly to persons

Forms of the Personal Pronouns

1. First Person- personal pronouns referring to the speaker.

I, my, mine, me (singular) we, our, ours, us (plural)2. Second Person- personal pronouns

referring to the person spoken to.

you, your, yours (same forms in both singular and plural)

3. Third Person- personal pronouns referring to the persons or things spoken about. he, his, she, her, hers, it, its (singular) they, their, theirs, them (plural)

1. You are working too hard.

2. He bought a new phone.

Underline the pronouns.1. He is dreaming. (George)2. It is green. (the blackboard)3. We are watching TV. (my mother and I)4. They are in the garden. (the flowers)5. She is from Cotabato.

(Marian)

Compound Personal Pronouns

-a pronoun formed by adding self or selves to some personal pronouns.

Forms of the Compound Personal Pronouns

Singular Plural

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Reflexive Pronoun- is an object referring to the same person or thing as the subject.

Example:The pregnant teenager killed herself.

Ding bought the shirt for himself.

An Intensive Pronoun- is used to emphasize a noun or pronoun preceding it.

Example:Fred and I treated ourselves to a movie.

I, myself wrote the book.

Let’s Practice: Underline the pronouns.1. She wrote a story about herself.

2. I am peace with myself.

3. We wash our family clothes ourselves.

4. I hate myself for letting him go.

5. My cousins and friends organized the party themselves.

 DO THIS ACTIVITY! Fill in the blanks the correct pronouns to be used. Write your answers on the space provided.1. Be sure that everyone brings ____________ own book.  -his or her -their  2.  If anyone calls, tell ____________ that I'll be back in half an hour.  -him or her -them 3.  Joe and ____________ have been close friends for many years.  -me -I 4.  Did you see Derek and ____________ at the game?  -her -she 5.  Between you and ____________ , this politician cannot be trusted.  -me -I 

Fill in the blanks the correct pronouns to be used. Write your answers on the space provided. 6. Each person in the room turned ____________ head to the front when the teacher entered. -their-his 7.  We know that we can count on James, Anne, and ____________ . -Her-She 8.  Rhonda explained that ____________ and her sister had often eaten at that restaurant. -her-she 9.  Most of the workers were wearing ____________ hard hats. - His or her -Their  10.  It's always best for a student to ask questions when ____________ doesn't understand a problem. -she-they

Relative PronounA relative pronoun introduces a clause and refers to or describes its antecedent.  Examples: using who, whom, which, that and what

1. The girl who talks much got the lowest grade in English.

2. Harry saw the man whom we visited last week.

Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun used in asking question. WHO is used for persons;WHICH is used for ideas or things;WHAT is used for things. THAT is used for either.

1. What is Ana’s favorite hobby?

2. Who was the first man on the moon?

3. Which is your book?

Possessive Pronouns

- The possessive pronoun stands for the possessor and the thing possessed.

- The possessive pronouns are hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, and yours.

1. This land is mine.

2. The beautiful orchids are hers.

Let’s Practice: Underline the pronouns. 1. I’ll never forget what I heard today.

2. The red carper is mine.

3. My portrait, which was painted last year, was stolen.

4. Who is your favorite teacher?

5. Which questions give you the most trouble?

DO THIS ACTIVITY: Give the correct pronoun.1. This is the boy ____had an accident.2. Yesterday, I saw the car ____was really old.3. ____ is on the coffee table.4. She likes hamburgers ____ are hot.5. Can I talk to the girl ___ is sitting on the bench?

Give the correct pronoun 6. This is the man ____house is

on fire.7. ___ ate the last pizza?8. You should bring the book

____ you love most.9. Hector is a photographer ____ does great work. 10. ____on earth is that?

Distributive Pronouns-refer to people or things taken one by one.

Examples:1. Every player in the conference is a candidate for MVP.2. Each of the students pays a membership fee to the English club.

Indefinite Pronoun-refers to no special person or thing. -Indicators: each, some, any, either, many, few, all, anyone, nothing, everything, someone and anything.Examples:1. Anyone can see, what you mean to me.2. Nobody claimed responsible for the killing.

Demonstrative Pronoun-point to a person or a thing. -Indicators: this-these

that-those

Examples: That is my collection of books. Those are John’s shoes.

GIVE THE CORRECT PRONOUN:

ACROSS1. You're too young to go out by ___.2. He told ___ to do it, but we forgot.4. His new machine is driving ___ crazy.6. Switzerland is famous for ___ watches, chocolate...8. They plan to move to ___ new house soon.10. Give it to him, not to ___.11. ___ have done our share.12. There's no secret between you and __.DOWN1. ___ should do your work.3. ___ hasn't sold her car yet.4. She cut ___ badly.5. I trust him. He's an old friend of ___.7. ___ is John's new girlfriend.9. Mary went out with a friend of ___.10. Talk to Mr. Green and tell ___ about your plans.

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