Pronouns

​Are words that used in place of a noun.

1. Possessive Pronouns

2. ​Demonstrative Pronouns

3. ​(Compound) Personal Pronouns

Denotes possession or ownership.

​Mine - The speaker is the owner

​Yours - the one spoken to is the owner

​His - a boy is the owner

​Hers - a woman is the owner

Its - an animal, a thought, an organization is the owner

​Ours - plural first person

​Their - plural third person

help to specify or point out persons, places, things, or events.

this - singular near noun

​that - singular far noun

​these - plural near nouns

​those - plural far nouns

​Self-pronouns are compound personal pronouns made by adding self or selves to certain forms of personal pronouns.

are used to intensify or emphasize a preceding noun or pronoun.

​1. We are made by God himself.

​2. The Bible itself is a guide to salvation.

​3. She herself could memorize the poem.

are used as an object referring to and denoting the same person or thing as the subject.

​1. They can see themselves in the water.

​2. A child is talking about himself.

​3. Our Lord called himself the Good Shepherd.