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18 Cards in this Set
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What does a Possessive Case Pronoun show? |
Ownership or relationship such as – my- mine- your- yours- its- their- theirs.
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Does a Possessive Case Pronoun use an apostrophe for possession? |
Nope. For instance- The possessive form of ‘it is’ is its. |
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What is a pronoun? |
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
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What is an antecedent?
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It is the word for which a pronoun stands.
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Personal pronouns refer to
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Personal pronouns refer to the speaker. I- me- we- us my- mine- our- ours.
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What are interrogative pronouns used for?
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Interrogative pronouns are used for asking questions? |
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What are examples of Interrogative Pronouns? |
Who- whom- whose- which- what.
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Demonstrative pronouns are used to do what?
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Demonstrative pronouns point out the person or thing referred to.
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What are examples of Demonstrative Pronouns?
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This- that- these- those
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Indefinite pronouns are used for what purpose?
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Indefinite pronouns are used point out the indefinite person or things.
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Does an Indefinite pronoun have an antecedent?
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Nope.
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What are examples of Indefinite pronouns?
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each- either- one- anybody- some more- all.
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What are compound pronouns combined with?
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self or selves
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What are some examples of Compound Pronouns? |
myself- ourselves- yourself- yourselves- himself- herself- itself- oneself- themselves
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Relative pronouns are used to do what? |
introduce dependant clauses like whom- who- whose- which- that.
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Can a pronoun function as an adjective? |
Yes- they quite often do. |
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What is an adjective?
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A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. It an answers the question of how many- what kind- which one..
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What is an example of a pronoun functioning as an adjective?
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my shoes- her guitar- |
