Common Core Skills Practice:

Grammar Lesson #2
Adapted from resources available on Lettieres English on the Web:
dukeofdefinition.com
DEFINITION:
A pronoun is a word used in
place of a noun or another
pronoun as a substitute.

Etymology: pro (forward; acting
as substitute) + noun
DEFINITION:
Antecedent is the noun or
pronoun that a pronoun stands
for; it usually comes before the
pronoun.

Etymology: ante (before) + cede
(go)

Examples:
Kim lost her softball mitt.

The student forgot to do his
homework.
antecedent
antecedent
pronoun
pronoun
Point of
View
Singular Plural
First person I (me, my, mine) we (us, our, ours)
Second Person you (your, yours) you (your, yours)
Third Person
he (his, him)
she (her, hers)
it (its, it)
they (them, their,
theirs)
TYPE DEFINITION EXAMPLE
reflexive pronoun
Add -self or -selves to a
personal pronoun.
Reflexives are used when
the pronoun is an object
while its antecedent is the
subject.
I looked at
myself in the
mirror.

Shawn cut
himself.
intensive
pronoun
A reflexive pronoun that is
used to add emphasis to a
noun or pronoun.
I myself like
alternative music.

Tracy prefers to
do it herself.
demonstrative
pronoun
Points out specific persons,
places, things or ideas.
this, these
that, those
TYPE DEFINITION EXAMPLE
indefinite
pronoun
Refers to unidentified
people, places, things, or
ideas.
each, few, all,
either, some,
everyone
interrogative
pronoun
Used to start questions. who, what
relative pronoun
Introduces a noun clause or
adjective clause.
who, that, which
Practice Quizzes
! dukeofdefinition.com/pronoun_quiz_01.htm
! dukeofdefinition.com/pronoun_quiz_02.htm
! dukeofdefinition.com/Pronoun_types_01.htm
! dukeofdefinition.com/pronoun_personal_01.htm
! dukeofdefinition.com/
Pronouns_antecedent_02.htm
! dukeofdefinition.com/pronoun-antecedent_01.htm