Personal Pronouns
What is the name of the group of words that stand for or take the place of nouns?
pronouns
Identify the indefinite pronoun. "Most at the concert wore t-shirts that showed the artist's face or albums."
Most
Identify the demonstrative pronoun. "Those are the best hot dogs in town."
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Those
What is the missing word?
"That is the minister's son ____ is now working as our teacher."
who
"That is the minister's son who is now working as our teacher."
Identify a pronoun and its type (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite).
"He has the wallet in the back pocket of his jeans."
He/His: personal
Is the pronoun "I" the subject or the object. "My group and I studied the continent of Antarctica."
Subject
Give an example of singular indefinite pronouns.
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each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody
What is the missing word / relative pronoun.
"To ______ are you going to submit that essay?"
Whom
"To whom are you going to submit that essay?"
What is the missing word?
"______ toys are these, lying all over the floor? Please come and collect them."
Whose
"Whose toys are these, lying all over the floor? Please come and collect them."
Identify a pronoun and its type (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite).
"Whose gloves are sitting on the bench outside?"
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Whose - Interrogative
Is the pronoun "them" the subject or the object. "The long, cold winters did not discourage them in the least."
Object
Identify the indefinite pronoun and say whether it is singular, plural, or neither. "No one wanted to leave after the concert had finished."
No one: Singular
Name the demonstrative pronouns. You use them when you want to talk about things or people that are near or far.
This, That, These, Those
What is the missing word?
"Show me the street ______ the crime took place."
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where
"Show me the street where the crime took place."
Identify the two pronouns and their type (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite).
"Sorry, those already belong to Jason and me."
those: demonstrative
me: personal
List 5 personal pronouns.
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they)
Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them)
Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs)
Correct the sentence.
"Everybody in the stands raised his signs to show support for the athletes."
his needs to change to their
"Everybody in the stands raised their signs to show support for the athletes."
Name 3 interrogative pronouns?
You use these when you ask questions.
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Common: Who, Whom, Whose, Which, What
Uncommon: whoever, whomever, whosoever, whatever, and whichever.
Give 3 examples of relative pronouns.
who, whom, whose, which, that
Identify the three pronouns and their types (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite).
"This does not have a name. To whom does it belong?"
This: demonstrative
whom: interrogative
it: personal
Identify the personal pronoun/s:
We decided to give the girl who was standing next to us a Coke.
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we, us
Identify all the pronouns and say what type they are.
Pray for those that persecute you.
those - demonstrative
that - relative
you - personal
Identify the pronoun and say if it is demonstrative or interrogative.
What must a person do to be born again?
What - interrogative
What is the relative pronoun.?
"Pray for those that persecute you."
that
Identify as many pronouns and their types as you can. (personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite).
Someone in the class should receive that for working so diligently in his work.
Someone: Indefinite
that: demonstrative
his: personal
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