Basic Definitions
Type of pronoun used in place of the name of a person or thing. (I, me, we, us, he, she, it, him, her, you, they, them.)
Personal Pronoun
The speaker refers to themselves as I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours.
First-Person
What is the Antecedent in the following sentence: Mrs. Smith hates to be at home, she is very board.
Mrs. Smith
I am so happy to meet you. (1)
I
Derrick discussed Derrick's idea.
His
Pronoun that shows ownership or possession: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
Possessive Pronoun
The speaker refers to the person talked to. You, your, yours.
Second person
Pick the antecedent: Nikki Giovanni read Hughes's poems, and they deeply influenced her.
Nikki Giovanni
I was looking for someone to go with me to town. (3)
I, someone, me
What is Mrs. Smith doing at Mrs. Smith's house.
Her
Pronoun used in place of the name of one person: (I, me, you, her, she, it, him, her.)
Singluar Pronoun
What pronoun would be used if Mrs. Smith was talking to you but about herself.
I or Me
Jadelyn and Erica were good friends but they sometimes got into trouble together.
Jadelyn and Erica
Whose purse is this in the chair? (2)
Whose and this
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, but Langston Hughes grew up in Lawrence.
He
Pronoun used in place of more than one person or thing. (We, us, you, they, them.)
Plural Pronoun
What pronoun would Mrs. Smith use if she was referring to herself AND the class?
We or Us
The two friends realized that the job would take them a few weeks to complete.
The two friends
To whom are you speaking? (2)
Whom and you
Logan P. and Logan M. ran to the same chair, Logan P. and Logan M. decided Logan P. and Logan M. would have to share the chair. (3)
they, they, it.
Pronoun that introduces an adjective clause: that, which, who, whose, whom
Relative pronoun
The speaker refers to someone or something else. He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs.
Third person
After graduation Hughes continued to write poems, and they were published in important periodicals.
Whose house are we going to when we are going to look at those horses? (4)
Whose, we, we, those.
The class is not having fun, the class are mad at Mrs. Smith. (FIRST PERSON)
We