ENGLISH 9 - PRONOUNS, EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

This presentation is about pronouns. This also includes information on the different kinds of pronouns like possessive pronouns, personal pronouns, reflexive and intensive pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative and relative pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns.

1. NOUN
A noun is a word for a person, place, thing or
idea. Nouns are sometimes used with articles (a,
an, the).
EXAMPLES:
boy, restaurant, dog, hope,

2. REVIEW
Go to page 8 and accomplish CONCEPT CHECK
on the board. Each student should take one
sentence from the items on the book. Write your
answers on the board.

3. WHY IT MATTERS IN WRITING

4. PRONOUNS
EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

5. PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or
another pronoun.
The word that a pronoun stands for is called its
antecedent.
EXAMPLES:
he, she, we, they, our, me

6. SINGULAR PLURAL
FIRST PERSON I, me (my, mine) we, us (our, ours)
SECOND PERSON you (your, yours) you (your, yours)
THIRD PERSON
he, him, she, her, it
(his, her, hers, its)
they, them (their, theirs)
PERSONAL
PRONOUNS

7. PRONOUNS
Ray said he wanted musical talents to audition for the
play.
Chiyo and I auditioned together. We both got lead
parts.
Sonia delivered her famous monologue.

8. Why does a pronoun matter?
To avoid repetition
During a telephone conversation, the
composer Leonard Bernstein and the
choreographer Jerome Robbins came up
with an idea that developed into
Bernstein’s and Robins’ hit musical West
Side Story.

9. PRACTICE AND APPLY
5 minutes
Accomplish CONCEPT CHECK
(items 1-5) on page 10.

10. OTHER KINDS OF
PRONOUNS

11. REFLEXIVE AND
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
DEMONSTRATIVE
PRONOUNS
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
INTERROGATIVE AND
RELATIVE PRONOUNS

12. REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
Reflexive and intensive pronouns are formed by adding
-self or -selves to forms of the personal pronouns.
FIRST PERSON SECOND PERSON THIRD PERSON
SINGULAR myself yourself himself, herself, itself
PLURAL ourselves yourselves themselves

14. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
A reflexive pronoun reflects action back upon the
subject and adds information to the sentence.
Donna prepared herself for a long day.
Donna cooked for herself at lunch.

15. REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
If the action reflects back to the subject, the
pronoun is a

16. REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
A reflexive pronoun must have an antecedent. A
common error is to use one without an
antecedent in the sentence.
The planning committee appointed Ted and
myself.

17. INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or
pronoun in the sentence.
The wait itself would take hours.
The King himself gave the reward.
The King gave the reward himself.

18. INTENSIVE PRONOUN
If the pronoun emphasizes a noun or another
pronoun, it is an...

19. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Demonstrative pronouns point out specific persons,
places, things, or ideas.
The people at the front of the line will get better
tickets than those at the end, she thought.
My oranges are better than those in the other stalls.

20. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
How is a demonstrative pronoun
different from a demonstrative adjective?
Those are my books.
Those books are mine.

21. INDEFINITIVE PRONOUNS
An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific
person, place, or thing. It usually does not have an
antecedent.
Many of the fans had arrived at 6 AM.
Everyone in the market radiates energy.

22. INDEFINITIVE PRONOUNS
SINGULAR
another, anybody, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone,
everything, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody,
something
PLURAL both, few, many, several
SINGULAR OR
PLURAL
all, any, more, most, none, some

23. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Some indefinite pronouns may function as adjectives.
We call them indefinite adjectives.
Several people had to wait in the rain. (adjective)
Several of the fans waited anxiously in line. (pronoun)

24. INTERROGATIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS
An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question.
What is your favorite song?
A relative pronoun is used to introduce subordinate clauses.
The seats that the students asked for were unavailable.

25. INTERROGATIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS
INTERROGATIVE who, whom, whose, which, what
RELATIVE who, whom, whose, which, that
Interrogative pronouns and relative pronouns look similar, but
they function differently.

26. INTERROGATIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS
INTERROGATIVE who, whom, whose, which, what
RELATIVE who, whom, whose, which, that
Who delivered the goods in the store? (interrogative)
The man, who delivered the goods in the store, is a retired
soldier. (relative)

27. PRACTICE AND APPLY
Accomplish CONCEPT CHECK
on page 13.