#33: Next Level Pronouns

Next level parts of speech—pronouns! (See the “intro” to pronouns episode in Episode #7: https://languageartsladyblog.com/10-minute-grammar-episode-7-pronouns-parts-of-speech-series/ )

 

Today’s episode about pronouns covers the following:

The sneaky cat easily climbs. HE uses HIS claws. 

1. So far: Articles/Noun Markers + Noun + Adjectives + Verbs + Adverbs
2. Pronouns added this week: HE and HIS
3. Pro=for; pronouns are FOR nouns. They take the place of them. 
4. Personal pronouns (also called definite since they refer to a definite person)

• He, she, we, they, I, it, you
• Him, her, us,  them, me

     5.Possessive pronouns (possess/own; most troublesome; possessive pronouns never use apostrophe)

• Ours, mine
• Your, their
• His, her
• Its

     6. Possessive adjectives (could come directly before a noun)

• Our, my, your
• Its, their 
• His, her

     7. Reflective pronouns (reflect back to someone(s) previously mentioned in the sentence)

• Myself, ourselves 
• Yourself, yourselves 
• Himself, herself 
• Itself, themselves 

     8. Indefinite pronouns (not a definite person or thing; also called nouns and adjectives in some handbooks)

• Any, anybody, anyone
• Each, both 
• Most, much
• None, no one, nobody
• Some, someone, somebody, something
• Either, other
• Much, several, many, all
• Every, everyone, everybody 

     9. Demonstrative pronouns (also called other types and even other parts is speech depending on how they’re acting in a sentence)

• This, that
• These, those

     10. Relative pronouns (also called other types and even other parts is speech depending on how they’re acting in a sentence—especially Subordinators that mark the beginning of a subordinate/dependent clause)

• That, which
• Who, whom, whose
• Where, when 

     11. Interrogative pronouns (also called other types and even other parts is speech depending on how they’re acting in a sentence—especially Subordinators that mark the beginning of a subordinate/dependent clause)

• Who
• What, whatever
• Why
• Where, when
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