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English Pronouns
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9th Grade
01/20/2014

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pronoun
Definition
a word that takes the place of a noun
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personal pronoun
Definition
refers to the one speaking (first person), the one spoken to (second person), or the one spoken about (third person)
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refelxive pronouns
Definition
refers to the subject of a sentence and functions as a compliment or an object of a preposition
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intensive pronoun
Definition
emphasizes it's antecedents and has no grammatical function
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demonstrative pronouns
Definition
is used to point out a specific person, place, thing, or idea
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interrogative pronouns
Definition
introduces a question
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relative pronouns
Definition
introduces a subordinate clause
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indefinite pronouns
Definition
refers to one or more persons, places, things,or ideas that may or may not be specifically named
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personal pronoun examples
Definition
I, you, he, she, them, we
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reflexive pronoun example sentence
Definition
Elena treated herself to a snack
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intensive pronoun example sentence
Definition
Albert himself organized the fundraiser
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demonstrative pronoun examples
Definition
this, that, these, those
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interrogative pronoun example
Definition
who, whom, which, what, whose
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relative pronouns
Definition

that, which, who, whom, whose

 

The ship that you saw is sailing to Greece.

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indefinite pronouns
Definition
all, another, any, amybody, anyone, anything, both, each, eaither, everyone, everything, few, many, more, most, much, niether, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, other, several, same, somebody, something, such
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