Pronouns: Presented By: Jelly Ann Q. Fernan Jenny Rose A. Redove BSED English 2
Pronouns: Presented By: Jelly Ann Q. Fernan Jenny Rose A. Redove BSED English 2
Pronouns: Presented By: Jelly Ann Q. Fernan Jenny Rose A. Redove BSED English 2
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BSED English 2
Definition
I,me,my/mine,we yo u
us,our,ours ,y o
ur/
yo u
rs he,him,his
I 2 3 she,her,hers
it.its
they,them,
their/theirs
Personal pronouns
Compound personal pronouns
Examples:
Antecedent
• Linda and Rose they really loved wacthing
movies together.
• Students and teachers are practicing
earthquake drills in their school.
• I gave Lennie a sandwich she ate it during
recess time.
Seperated by “or”
Example
Antecedent
• Either Michelle or Samuel welcomes the crowd to
his house.
Antecedent
• Neither the brother nor the sisters can turn
people away from their home.
Indefinite pronouns
Singular Plural
Either both
Neither
Other few
Anybody many
Anyone several
Anything
Somebody others
Someone
Something once
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Nobody
No one
Nothing
Each
One
Indefinite pronouns
Examples
Examples
• Michelle, you will be the next presenter.
• Diana is a singer she always sings a song
entitled "What a beautiful name."
Objective case
Examples
DO - direct object
• She hugs me.
• They guide us.
IO - indirect object
• She gives you a piece of advice.
• I wrote her a letter.
OP - object of preposition
• It is a celebration for them.
• The topic pronouns is for her.
Possessive case
Examples
• This jacket is mine, not yours.
• That book is for her
Pronominal adjective
Examples
• My report is almost done.
• Let’s bow our heads and feel the presence of
the Lord.
Demonstrative pronouns
• This is used to show or identify one or a number of
nouns that maybe far or near in distance of time.
• Demonstrative is taken from latin word “de” it means
‘fully’ and “monstere” means ‘to show’.
• It is used to point out a particular person,things and
place.
• We usually used this as an action.
Singular Plural
Near this these
Far that those
Examples
• My t-shirt is this.
• My friends are these.
• My cat is that.
• My bracelet collections are those.
• I like that
• I gave you those.
Demonstrative pronouns
Examples
Interrogative pronouns
• They are words used to ask questions.
• They do not have antecedents.
• There are just five main interrogative pronouns.
Examples
• To whom did you give the bracelet.
• Someone who believes in you.
• This is the car which Alex wants to buy.
• The girl whose bag is red is looking for
you.
Relative pronouns
• Are used to introduce (link/relate) (subordinate clause)
(adjectival clause) to their antecedents.
• it is always in the same sentence with each antecedent
and the antecedent usually stands immediately before the
pronouns.
• The relative pronoun maybe the subject of the verb, a
possessive modifier, the object of a verb or the object of
the preposition in the dependent clause its introduces.
• Two importance functions:
1). They connect the objective clause to an antecedent in the
main clause.
2). They are an important part of the clauses they introduce.
Relative pronouns table
Relative pronouns
Examples
• The scientist who invented the microscope was
Zacharias Janssen.
• They have found the lady whom they want to
interview.
• In my class, Jane whose handwriting is the best,
is an honor student.
• The puppy, which I really love is runs faster
when I get home.
• Did you see my cat that has a black and white
color?
Reciprocal pronouns