Pronouns: Presented By: Jelly Ann Q. Fernan Jenny Rose A. Redove BSED English 2

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PRONOUNS

Presented by:

Jelly Ann Q. Fernan


Jenny Rose A. Redove

BSED English 2
Definition

• Pronoun came from the from the Latin Word


“pronomin” or “pronomen” pro - “for” and
nomin or nomen - name which means “for
name.”

• A pronoun does not need to be named specifically.

• Pronouns are used to replace nouns or noun


phrases.
Properties
Person - Point of view
• First person - Speaker
• Second Person - Spoken to
• Third Person - Spoken about
Gender – a person’s experience their male or female identity.
• Masculine - male person (he, him, his, himself)
• Feminine - woman person (she, her, hers, herself)
• Neutral – (it, its, itself) (they, them, their, theirs,
themselves)
Number
• Singular
• Plural
Person - point of view

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

They formed by adding self or selves to


personal pronouns.
Compound personal pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns Intensive/Emphatic Pronoun
It comes when the subject This is used to emphasize the
and the object refer to the noun they are called emphatic
same person or thing that is pronouns they are used to say
when the action of verb turns something forcefully.
back on the subjects. Examples
Examples • She herself informs me about our
topic.
• I trust myself.
• I myself created the scrapbook.
• You can open it by • The students themselves worked
yourself. on their assignments.
• They themselves work as one.
• We do an activity just by
ourselves.
Antecedent
• Antecedent came from the word "ante" which
means ‘before’ and “cedere” which means
‘go’.
• which means the antecedent is ‘going before.’
• An antecedent is a noun and/ or pronoun to
which another noun or pronoun refers.
• It goes before the pronouns.
• Antecedent maybe:
joined by ‘and’ separated by ‘or’.
Joined by “and”

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

• Anything is possible if you believe in faith.


• Everybody has a right to choose.
• Many religions exist in the Philippines.
Nominative case

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

Two or more people perform joint actions that have


synchronous effect on them.
• Very simple to use.
• Allow making sentences easier.
• They are especial useful when you need to express the
same general idea more than once.
each other usually refers to two
persons or subjects.

one another it is used when there


are more than two
persons or object.
Reciprocal pronouns
Examples:
• They all support their classmates in one
another.
• We give each other sharing of the topic about
pronouns.
• The entire class of BSED majors in English
congratulated one another after graduation.
• Julie and Rose are trying to build each other
business.
• My friend last year we no longer see each other
anymore.

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