Mehtap Kekeçoğlu. Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent!

Mehtap Kekeçoğlu

Pronouns take the place of Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is replaced by a pronoun is

called an antecedent!called an antecedent!

Let’s see an example;Let’s see an example;

• Halloween is One Of America’s holidays. İt is celebrated in October.

• Halloween it is a noun. İt is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent,halloween

Personal Pronouns

They refer to specific people or things.

These are my, I, me, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, their, them, we,

us, our, ours.

Example;Example;

Karen ate pizza.Karen ate pizza.

She was hungry.She was hungry.

The word “The word “sheshe” is a ” is a personal pronoun personal pronoun that refers to that refers to Karen.Karen.

Now you try! Choose the correct Now you try! Choose the correct pronounpronoun

Stakeboards are fun but _ can be Stakeboards are fun but _ can be dangerous.dangerous.

A)A)IItt

B)B)TheyThey

C)C)TheirTheir

D)D)IItsts

E)E)HHee

Reflexive Pronouns

They are personal pronouns that have “-self” or “-selves” added to the end.

For example;

*Sarah finished the homework himself.

-The reflexive pronoun is “himself”

Indefinite pronouns

They are pronouns that do not refer to a specific person or thing.

Someone, anybody and everyone are indefinite pronouns

Example; Someone stole my wallet!

*The word “someone” is the indefinite pronoun.

Pronoun trouble spots

•There are 3 areas where you may run into trouble when trying to identify the correct pronoun to use.

• Comparisons • Componund subject

and object• Sentences that need

who or whom

Compound subjects & objects

*A compound subject has more than one subject joined by a conjuction (and,or,nor)

*A compound object has more than *A compound object has more than one object joined by a conjuctionone object joined by a conjuction..

Pronouns used in comparisons

You must need to correct pronoun in a comparisons because using the incorrect pronoun could change the meaning of your sentence.

For instance :

-Jim likes basketball more than I-Means: Jim likes basketball

more than I do-Jim likes basketball more than me

-Means: Jim likes basketball more than he likes me

Who & Whom

Who is always a subject; whom is always an object.

-Who delivered the this package. -This package was delivered to him.

Tips correct word: for choosing the

• =If the pronoun performs the action, choose who; if it does not

perform the action, choose whom.

=In sentences other than questions, when the pronoun is followed by a verb use who; when

the pronoun is followed by a noun or pronoun, use

whom.

• For example;• We wanted to

know who starred in the movie.

• The person with whom I carpooled was my neighbour

Let's see examples:

I didn't see anyone there. Nobody wants to go anywhere.

I blamed myself for the fight. She is talking to herself.

Let's go on...

Dry yourself thoroughly before you put on your clothes.

Ayşe brought her book. I haven't got enough money on me. Her son is three months older than

mine (than my son)

What do you think about these questions?Next weekend, some relatives of......are

coming to visit...... .

• Us/ourselves• Them/theirs• Hers/they• Himself/her• Mine/us

The hotel won't supply any towels, so The hotel won't supply any towels, so you will have to bring........ .you will have to bring........ .

•Your own Your own •ThemselvesThemselves•YourYour•TheirTheir•IItselftself

My brother, who has always been My brother, who has always been jealous of....... is saving to buy a jealous of....... is saving to buy a

car just like..... .car just like..... .•me/mineme/mine•mine/mymine/my•my/memy/me•myself/Imyself/I•I/myselfI/myself

Please concentrate on......driving Please concentrate on......driving and don't allow anything to and don't allow anything to

distract..... .distract..... .•your/youyour/you•yourself/meyourself/me•mine/yourselfmine/yourself•him/yourshim/yours•our/mineour/mine

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