Types of pronouns
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word to be used to replace the noun.
Ex: Gauri is slow so for the marathon she came in last place.
What is an antecedent?
An antecedent is the name/person/thing that the pronoun is referring to.
Ex: Zoey was having a blast at the party!
What is pronoun?
A personal pronoun is a short substitute for the name of a person.
What is a pronoun shift?
A pronoun shift is when a pronoun is incorrectly used constantly in writing.
What is pronoun agreement?
Pronoun agreement is when the pronoun agree's with the antecedent in number, person, and gender.
What are the 2 pronuns numbers?
The 2 pronoun numbers are singular and plural.
A subjective pronoun are pronouns that perform the action in a sentence.
When both pronoun and antecedent must matching in number.
What are vague pronouns do?
Vague pronouns are used for confusing, unclear, sentences that usually leaves the reader wondering.
What is an objective pronoun?
An objective pronouns are not the main focus and are thus treated as an object.
What is a pronoun antecedent problem?
A pronoun and antecedent may not agree in number.
What do intensive pronouns do?
Intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the subject and antecedent.Usually found after the pronoun or noun it is modifying.
What are possessive pronouns?
A possesive pronoun is a pronoun that possesses.
Find the problem: Someone went to the Texas chainsaw massacre because they love horror movies.
"they" is incorrect (because it is plural) and depending on the gender we can use he or she.
What do pronoun cases do? Name the 3 cases in which the pronoun case uses.
Pronoun cases shows the reader how the pronoun functions in the sentence. The 3 pronuns cases are Subjective, Objective, and Possessive cases.