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Understanding Pronoun Cases

The document discusses different types of pronouns including nominative, objective, possessive, reflexive, and intensive pronouns. It provides examples for each type and explains their functions. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence and are essential to the sentence, while intensive pronouns add emphasis but are not essential.

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Understanding Pronoun Cases

The document discusses different types of pronouns including nominative, objective, possessive, reflexive, and intensive pronouns. It provides examples for each type and explains their functions. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence and are essential to the sentence, while intensive pronouns add emphasis but are not essential.

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Pronouns

Nominative, Objective, Possessive, Reflexive & Intensive


Objectives
Use reflexive and intensive pronouns.
Pronouns

Pronouns are noun substitutes.


E.g. Aunt Martha went to aunt Martha’s
shop.
E.g. Aunt Martha went to her shop.

It makes speaking & writing more fluid.


NOMINATIVE CASE

A pronoun in nominative case acts as subject


or predicate nominative.
First Person Second Person Third Person
I & We You He, She, It & They

 E.g. She is the new doctor at the hospital.


Subject

 E.g. The new doctor at the hospital is she.


Predicate Nominative
 Sentence pattern S-LV-C.
OBJECTIVE CASE
A pronoun in objective case acts as Direct
Object (DO), Indirect Object (IO) or Object of
the Preposition (OP).
First Person Second Person Third Person
Me & Us You Him, Her, It & Them

 E.g. She scolded me for staying up late.


Direct Object

 E.g. They sent us some greeting cards.


Indirect Object

 E.g. The secret is only between you & me.


Object of the Preposition
POSSESSIVE CASE
A pronoun in possessive case shows
ownership.
First Person Second Person Third Person
My, mine & Our, Your, yours His, Her, Hers, Its,
ours Their, Theirs

 E.g. That pencil is mine.


Possessive Pronoun

 E.g. Is this your pencil?


Possessive
Pronoun

 E.g. The chocolate on the tablePossessive


is his. Pronoun
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of
the sentence. The action of the verb returns to
the subject.
 First Person Second Person Third Person
Myself & Ourselves Yourself, Himself, Herself,
Yourselves Itself, Themselves

 E.g. Participants push themselves to the limits.


Reflexive Pronoun

 E.g. I saw myself in my dreams. Reflexive Pronouns are


Reflexive Pronoun essential to the sentence.
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
 An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to the subject
of the sentence. You’ll usually find the intensive
pronoun right after the noun or pronoun it’s
modifying, but not necessarily.
First Person Second Person Third Person
Myself & Ourselves Yourself, Himself, Herself,
Yourselves Itself, Themselves

 E.g. My sister made that breadIntensive


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 E.g. IIntensive
myself am tired of politics.
Pronoun
Intensive Pronouns are not
essential to the sentence.

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