Pronouns. Types of Pronouns. Personal Pronouns. Personal Pronouns. 1. Personal 2. Possessive 3. Demonstrative 4. Interrogative 5.

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1 Types of Pronouns Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or a pronoun. 1. Personal 2. Possessive 3. Demonstrative 4. Interrogative 5. Indefinite Pronoun that refers to a specific person, place, or thing and changes to indicate gender and number. Matt and Jenna went to the store. They will be back soon. Can be used to replace the subject or the object of a sentence. SUBJECT OBJECT

2 Singular Plural SUBJECT OBJECT 1st I me 2nd you you 3rd he/she/it him/her/it 1st we us 2nd you you 3rd they them Possessive Pronouns Pronoun that replaces a noun to show ownership. I bought this at the store. The book is mine. You do not have a book. Have you lost yours? Singular Plural Possessive Pronouns: PERSONAL POSSESSIVE 1st I mine 2nd you yours 3rd he/she/it his/hers/its 1st we ours 2nd you yours 3rd they theirs Demonstrative Pronouns Pronoun that point to or identify specific things. this that these those

3 Demonstrative Pronouns Pronoun that points to or identifies specific things. This is my boyfriend. Is that your sister? Are these the punks who threatened you? Those are nice shoes. Interrogative Pronouns Pronoun that is used to ask a question. What(ever)? Which(ever)? Who(ever)? Whom(ever)? Whose? Interrogative Pronouns Pronoun that is used to ask a question. What is your brother s name? Which girl is your date for the party? Who is the guy wearing the blue shirt? Whom should I ask for help? Whose pen is this? Indefinite Pronouns Pronoun that does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". -body -one -thing each many other all few several some any none most

4 Indefinite Pronouns Pronoun that does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite." Identifying Pronouns & Antecedents Pronoun replaces a noun or pronoun Antecedent noun the pronoun replaces Everybody is welcome at the meeting. Many prefer their coffee with sugar. Does anybody care for a cheese sandwich? Few choose to live in the arid desert. Jill opened her book and read from it. The coach showed the players they need to work hard. Janet took her dog for a walk. Identifying Pronouns & Antecedents Rule #1: Antecedents should come before the pronoun (but that doesn t always happen!) Rule #2: Antecedents shouldn t be in prepositional phrases (but no promises!) Rule #3: You don t want antecedents too far away from the pronoun (no more than 2 sentences!) Rule #4: Pronouns & antecedents must agree in number and gender (so many exceptions!) Identifying Antecedents 1. Even though the party was fun it was crowded. 2. People often like going to the dentist because they ironically get candy at the end. 3. Mary was given a scholarship to Cornell because she was a talented squirrel trainer. 4. The house, which has the largest collection of garden gnomes, went up for sale this week. 5. The construction workers brought their own tools to the job site, but most of them were plastic and from a child s play set.

5 Identifying Antecedents 6. The manager noticed the TV was not selling because it was on a Teletubbies marathon. 7. Each of the boy scouts wanted his own compass, knife, and fire starting kit. 8. Members of the teams receive colored shirts, a ribbon, and a commemorative cup for their participation in the race to support rabies. 9. The teacher thought Bob plagiarized his essay on the social implications of Frozen because it was so well researched and the footnotes were scholarly. Identifying Antecedents 10. The Algebra 1 teacher gave her class a test that was on The Civil War; it didn t go well. 11. Mrs. Johnson s class knew it was Friday, so they brought their journals. 12. The hallways were filled with angry, yet sleepy seniors who wanted their prom tickets. 13. My aunt and uncle asked me to watch their dog-- a pit bull that is named princess. 14. The doctor said the physical would begin with eye examinations, and then it would proceed to the salsa dancing test. Dom Cobb is able to use his unique skills to his advantage - he can enter people's minds through their dreams and thereby learn their secrets. He is a thief for hire but Japanese businessman Mr. Saito has a somewhat different proposition for him. He wants Cobb to enter the mind of Robert Fischer Jr., who is about to inherit his father's massive business empire, to plant a simple notion: to breakup his father's conglomerate and sell it off. In return, Saito will make it possible for Cobb to freely return to the US where he is currently wanted by the police. Cobb accepts and assembles his team with a plan to plant the idea deep in Fisher's mind by generating a series of dreams within dreams so that he eventually thinks he came up with the idea himself. As the intended deception grows ever more complex, Cobb has to deal with his own emotions and feelings of guilt, which are projecting themselves into the dreamspace. Cobb has to deal with the eventual question of what is real and what is only a dream.