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Figures of Speech: Pronouns

by Alison, Alcandor, & Aiden

Exercise Questions

Copy down in notebook if you wish !

Type 4: Indefinite Pronouns

1)That is a Haida mask.

1 - demonstrative

2)Sometimes I don't feel well when it gets cloudy and the dark sky threatens rain.

2- personal

3)Ms. Charmaine showed us the rare book that she had found at the flea market.

2- personal

4)Who can tell me whose bicycle this is?

1- Interrogative, 1- personal, 1- demonstrative

5)Richard read the book and returned it.

1 - Antecedent

6)The photographer bought themselves new cameras.

1- Antecedent

7)Look in both cabinets.

1 - Indefinite

8)Each player took one cap.

1 - Indefinite

9)Who scored the goal?

1 - Interrogative

10)These are the names of those who volunteered!

2 - Demonstrative

Definition: An indefinite pronoun refers to a person, a place or a thing that is not specifically named.

Examples:

1) Everyone completed the test before the bell rang.

2)Neither of the actors knew what costume the other was planning to wear

Common Indefinite Pronouns:

all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everything, few, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, other, several, some, somebody, someone, something, such

Type 3: Interrogative Pronouns

Time for the answers, how many did you get right?

Definition: An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.

Example

1) What is the largest planet in our solar system?

2) Who scored the most points in the game?

Interrogative Pronouns:

  • what
  • which
  • who
  • whom
  • whose

What exactly is a PRONOUN?

What is an ANTECEDENT?

1)That is a Haida mask.

That - demonstrative

2)Sometimes I don't feel well when it gets cloudy and the dark sky threatens rain.

I, it- personal

3)Ms. Charmaine showed us the rare book that she had found at the flea market.

us, she- personal

4)Who can tell me whose bicycle this is?

Who- Interrogative, me- personal, this- demonstrative

5)Richard read the book and returned it.

Book and it - Antecedent

6)The photographer bought themselves new cameras.

Photographers and themselves- Antecedent

7)Look in both cabinets.

Both - Indefinite

8)Each player took one cap.

Each- Indefinite

9)Who scored the goal?

Who- Interrogative

10)These are the names of those who volunteered!

These, those- Demonstrative

Type 2: Demonstrative Pronoun, continued

Definition of a Pronoun:

A pronoun is a word used in place of one noun or more than one noun

Definition of a Antecedent:

The word that a pronoun stands for

Examples

Without Pronoun:When Kelly saw the signal she pointed the signal out to Eric

With Pronoun: When she saw the signal she pointed it out to Eric

Example of an Antecedent

The photographers bought themselves new lenses

Sometimes the antecedent of a pronoun is not stated.

Examples:

Who invented the telephone.

No one could solve the riddle.

Type 2: Demonstrative Pronouns

Type 1: Personal Pronouns

Definition: Personal Pronoun refers to the

one speaking ( first-person)

the one spoken to (second-person)

or the one spoken about (third-person)

Examples:

1)During the spring break I visited my friends in USA.

2)Did you say the pen was yours?

3) The seagull picked up the cookie and dropped it with a crash onto the pavement

2 types of Personal Pronouns Singular and Plural with all 3 forms:

Singular

First Person- I, me, my, mine

Second Person- you, your, yours

Third Person- he, him, his, she, her, hers,it, its

Plural

First Person- we, us, our, ours

Second Person- you, your, yours

Third Person- they, them, their, theirs

Definition: A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, place, a thing, or an idea.

Examples

1) This is the most valuable baseball card I have.

2) These are the names of those who volunteered.

Demonstrative Pronouns:

  • this
  • that
  • these
  • those

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