PPT-Indefinite Pronouns

6 th Grade English Objective To identify singular and plural indefinite pronouns CCSS 6L1 An indefinite pronoun refers to a person place thing or idea that may or may not be specifically named . “Brian’s Winter” . Possessive Pronouns. A . possessive pronoun takes the place of the possessive form of a noun.. Some possessive forms are used before nouns.. Other possessive forms can be used by themselves. . Definitions. . Pronoun-word that takes the place of one or more nouns.. Personal Pronouns-pronouns that refer to people or things. These are singular or plural.. Subject Pronoun-pronoun used as the subject of the sentence.. The Pronoun. A . pronoun. is a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.. Example: . Ask Dan if Dan has done Dan’s homework. .. Ask Dan if . he. has done . his. homework.. Personal Pronouns . Pronouns are used in various ways to take the place of nouns. Types of pronouns. Personal. : used to replace names. 1. st. person: the person speaking (I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours). 2. nd. person: the person being spoken to (you, your, yours). 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. *Disclaimer: No small animals were harmed during the making of this PowerPoint. All bad jokes are purely the fault of Mr. Troop and should not reflect on the hamsters.. Definition. A pronoun is a word used in the place of a noun.. Use third person for all academic writing.[1] Third person is a point of speech that looks outside the self, and as a result, it seems more objective and less personal. For academic and professional writing, this sense of objectivity allows the writer to seem less biased and, therefore, more credible.. Neodređene zamjenice. Somebody, anything, nothing. .... We use: somebody, something, somewhere in . positive sentences.. There . is. . somebody. . at the door.. She knows . ever. y. body . here.. We use anything, anybody, anywhere in. “Nouns are the stuff in writing. In terms of writer’s craft, the well-chosen noun can be all the difference between . bug. and . cockroach. , or the writer saying “stuff” instead of a list of items that reveal something about a character or setting. Naming names gives the reader an exact image on which to focus.”. Singular Indefinite Pronouns. . Singular Indefinite Pronouns. A. The following indefinite pronouns are singular: anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, something, someone, and something.. 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. Author: . Lydia R. Diamond. Genre: . Play. Small Group. Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary. . Words. :. Arcade Games. Study Stack . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Spelling City: Spelling Words . Learning Targets. I can identify and define pronouns. I can define the four types of pronouns. personal, reflexive, indefinite, and demonstrative. I can recite this weeks vocabulary and their definitions.. Subject & Object. Possessive. Reflexive. Interrogative. Pronouns. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.. . pro- means for (standing FOR a noun). Personal Pronouns. Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called .