1. PRONOUNS…take the place of a noun / nouns Personal Pronouns: Possessive Pronoun Adjectives: (ppa) I -------me you---you she, he, it-----her, him, it we----us you---you they---them Nominative Case----- -------Objective Case These sit in the same position as the articles (a, an, the). They act like adjectives in that they modify nouns. WATCH OUT FOR THEM! my your his, her, its our their

2. More Pronouns… Reflexive Pronouns: Intensive Pronouns: myself yourself himself, herself, itself ourselves themselves Please write them as one word – do not separate them into two words unless in rare occasions where you are doing so on purpose for emphasis. (same words as the ones to your left, but used for emphasis as in the example below:) Dad himself told the story. The twins made this whole mess themselves.

3. Did you know that these words were also pronouns? Demonstrative : Be careful! this that these those These words are only PRONOUNS when used alone. (no noun following them) for example: This is my book! That is your bag. What are these? Are those yours? this/that/these/those – can also be ADJECTIVES. for example: Thiscat is really friendly. Thatbook is excellent. Thesepens are mine. Thosepencils are yours.

4. Here is where it gets tricky… INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: (these can be confusing when we want to be sure to agree with our verb: it is called “pronoun-antecedent agreement.”) These take a singular verb: anybody anything nobody everything everybody nothing anyone something everyone somebodyanother someone neither no one either oneeach These take a plural verb: both few many several These could be either singular or plural depending on their meaning: all any more most none some much