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Demonstrative, interrogative, relative, and indefinite pronounsSlide2

Demonstrative Pronouns

A

demonstrative pronoun

points out a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.

NOTE

: A

demonstrative pronoun

must

take the place of a noun or pronoun – it

cannot

appear right in front of a noun or pronoun.

So, if you replaced a

demonstrative pronoun

with a noun, the sentence should still make sense.Slide3

Demonstrative Pronouns

There are only

four

words in the English language that are used as

demonstrative pronouns

.

They are:

This

That

These

ThoseSlide4

How they’re used

Examples of demonstrative pronouns:

This

is the best meal I have ever had.

Please put the books on top of

that

.

After dinner, can you wash

these

?

Can you give me the names of

those

who were absent?Slide5

Demonstrative pronoun or not?

Determine if there are

demonstrative pronouns

in the following sentences.

That was a great volleyball game.

This table is wobbly and needs to be balanced.

Please put the fork on the left of that plate.

I hope they remember to bring that.Slide6

Interrogative Pronouns

An

interrogative pronoun

introduces a question.

NOTE

: An

interrogative pronoun

must

take the place of a noun or pronoun – it

cannot

appear right in front of a noun or pronoun.Slide7

Interrogative Pronouns

There are only

five

words in the English language that are used as

interrogative pronouns

.

They are:

What

Which Who

Whom

Whose

Note: Technically, you can add “-ever” to the end of each of these five and then we have ten possible interrogative pronouns, not five.Slide8

Note

Interrogative pronoun

, like all pronouns, must

take the place

of a noun or pronoun.

Therefore, if we turn a question into a statement, we should be able to replace an

interrogative pronoun

what a noun or pronoun.

Therefore, a word like

why

can’t be interrogative, because we could never answer a

why?

question with just a noun or pronoun.Slide9

How they’re used

Examples of interrogative pronouns:

What

is the capital of Missouri?

Which

of these is your favorite?

Who

played quarterback in the game last night?

Whom

did she give the note to?

Whose

is this?Slide10

Interrogative pronoun or not?

Which magazine would you rather read?

Who went to the meeting last night?

Why is there mud all over the room?

When do you want to work on the project?

Whom are you going to the dance with?

What is your sister’s name?

Which of these shirts do you like best?

Which shirt do you like the best?Slide11

Relative Pronouns

A

relative pronoun

introduces a subordinate clause.

A

subordinate clause

must contain a subject and a verb (just like a sentence), but

cannot

stand on its own as a sentence.

A subordinate clause needs the other words around it to make a complete sentence.Slide12

Relative Pronouns

There are

five

words that commonly serve as

relative pronouns

. They are:

That

Which Who

Whom

Whose

BE CAREFUL! Four of these same words can also be interrogative pronouns.

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What this looks like in a sentence

In the following sentences, the relative pronoun is in

bold

, and the entire subordinate clause is

underlined

.

The one over there is the cake

that

Ashley baked

.

The new building,

which

was just built five years ago

, already looks old.

Collin is the player

who

scored the winning touchdown

.

The man

whom

you are looking for

is over there.

The person

whose

car this is

will be angry when he sees what happened.Slide14

Relative pronoun or not?

The planets

which make up our solar system all revolve around the sun.

Which of these movies do you like the best?

The man whom I talked to said that our team won.

That is the first house I ever lived in.

That is the woman who helped my sister fix a flat tire.Slide15

Relative pronoun or not?

The Statue of Liberty, which is in New York, was given as a gift from France.

Whom were you talking to on the phone?

Whose house were you at last night?

I hope that I win the race tomorrow.

Our neighbor’s dog, whose bowl is always empty, is really overweight.Slide16

Indefinite Pronouns

An

indefinite pronoun

refers to a person, a place, a thing, or an idea that may or may not be specifically named.

As with other pronouns, be

very careful

: indefinite pronouns will

never

appear directly before a noun or pronoun.Slide17

Our indefinite pronouns

There are many indefinite pronouns in English. Some of the most common are:

All Both Everything Neither Other

Another Each Few Nobody Several

Any Each other Many None Some

Anybody Either More No one

Somebody

Anyone Everybody Most Nothing Someone

Anything Everyone Much One

SomethingSlide18

What this looks like

Nobody

at the movie had a good time.

Both

of the students were sent to the office.

We don’t have

anything

to eat for dinner.

Much

of our time was wasted in the meeting.

I gave a gift to

everyone

there.Slide19

What this looks like

They have taken

all

of the paintings to the art room.

I only had a chance to look at

some

of the stories.

Many

of my family members will be at the dinner.

We hope that

everyone

will be there.

The umpires talked to each other to figure out the correct call.Slide20

Indefinite pronoun or not?

Anybody can come to tutoring for extra help.

I need you to take everything and put it in the closet.

Nothing is going right for me today.

Many bands will be at the music festival.

More money is needed before we can afford the new uniforms.Slide21

Indefinite pronoun or not?

Someone in my class left their notebook.

Neither of those is the correct answer.

Few of the sandwiches look fresh.

Several students did well on the quiz yesterday.

Nobody in my class could help answer the question.