Homeschool Unit Study: Pronouns

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A pronoun is a part of speech. Pronouns are used to replace a noun in order to avoid repetition in a sentence or a paragraph. Some examples of a pronoun are me, his, them, she, herself, and it. Pronouns are not the same as common nouns. They typically cannot come after determiners and they hardly ever come after adjectives. Pronouns are similar to nouns in the way that they can change forms for singular and plural and they can also change for gender. There are four different kinds of pronouns: personal, reciprocal, interrogative, and relative.

Personal pronouns are the most used in sentences and questions. The personal pronoun tells us who is speaking and if the sentence is referring to one person or more. There are two different types of personal pronouns: subject pronouns and object pronouns. An example of a subject personal pronoun is I, you, she, he, it, we, you, and they. An example of an object personal pronoun is me, you, him, her, it, us, you and them.

A reciprocal pronoun is used to show that two or more people have carried out some type of action or task at the same time. An example of a reciprocal pronoun is each other and one another. Each other is used when the sentence is referring to two people and one another is used when there is a multitude of people.

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions about a person or object. Examples of interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose. These are used when a question is being asked or when a sentence is carried out in an inquiring way.

A relative pronoun is used to relate a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. Some examples of relative pronouns are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and whom.