ALAS Pronouns

Pronoun Refresher!

A pronoun is a word that stands for a noun or another pronoun.

Pronouns

I, me, we, us, you, it, he, him, she, her, they,

them,

Personal

my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, its, his, her, hers, their, theirs

Possessive

myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, itself, himself, herself,

themselves

Intensive

​Common Types of Pronouns

Categorize

Options (14)

I

mine

his

hers

ourselves

theirs

yours

Sarah

running

said

cousin

chocolate

laugh

sad

Organize these options into the right categories

Pronouns

Not pronouns

Pronouns get their meaning from the words they stand for. These words are called the pronouns’

antecedents.

Antecedent

Multiple Choice

Which part of the sentence is the antecedent to the pronoun?

Jacob loved his new bike.

• Jacob

• loved

• his

• bike

Multiple Choice

Which part of the sentence is the antecedent to the pronoun?

We need to be careful when walking late by ourselves.

• We

• need

• walking

• ourselves

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Michael loves his school.

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Mary did the job herself.

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Jacob works hard at his job.

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Successful students do their homework.

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Rachel took her daughter to the park.

Fill in the Blank

What is the antecedent to the underlined pronoun?



Andrew likes work. He spends a lot of time there.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the missing pronoun based on the antecedent



Roderick wrote

mom a letter.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the missing pronoun based on the antecedent



If Jessie does the chores,

will get an allowance.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the missing pronoun based on the antecedent



Dennis is very kind to

employees.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the missing pronoun based on the antecedent



I want to go to the game, but

won't let me

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the missing pronoun based on the antecedent



If Cameron does the work,

will succeed.

Special Pronouns: Reciprocal Pronouns

plural antecedent
mutual action / relationship

The antecedent is refers to more than one person/ thing, but the pronoun refers to them as one.

one another

each other

Match

Match the following

• I

• you

• he

• she

• we

mine

yours

his

hers

ours

• mine

• yours

• his

• hers

• ours

Dropdown

Rebecca stole my lipstick! She knew it was​

Select answer

.

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My family loves to go to

Select answer

​ grandmas house for Thanksgiving.

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Tyler's wallet was stolen. He is so upset because all

Select answer

money for the field trip was in it.

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I really want to play basketball with my neighbors but they are not home. I have to wait because the basketball is

Select answer

and not mine.

Dropdown

Alex, you forgot this Chromebook! I knew it was

Select answer

since it had the band sticker