What is a pronoun

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What is a pronoun?
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He
is a pronoun.
She
is a pronoun.
me
Even lil ol is a pronoun.
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I
So is
.
you
So is
,
Whom
they
we
and and and
.
who
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Just like a substitute teaches your class,
She
when s asked to fill in for your
teacher, a pronoun steps in as a sub for a noun,
becoming the star of the feature.
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Personal Pronouns stand in for a noun, like
Mrs. McKinley or Grady.
He
I

• could be Steven, might mean Josh,
  could be Bonnie and Brady.

they
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Sometimes a pronoun is very possessive.
it
mine

• This cookie is , s
• not .

hers
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Demonstrative pronouns help point something out,
this
these

• as in , , and
• are all yours.

those
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Indefinite pronouns tell about people and
things without being specific,
someone

• as in around here is quite a
  good cook, and
• in here smells terrific.

something
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and are indefinite, too.
all
Nothing
no one

• So are , , or
• .

anyone
any
Everyone,
none,
several,
somebody,
some,
both,
neither,
nobody,
many.
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If it helps form a question, its called
interrogative a very inquisitive pronoun.
What

• are you looking at?
• is your daddy?
• road do we take to the hoedown?

Who
Which
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Pronouns are everywhere like all of the ones
weve found.
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Resources

• Microsoft Clipart
• I and You and Dont Forget Who What is a
  Pronoun? By Brian P. Cleary