An English Report

Personal Pronouns
Presented by: Devi Myeisha Dannrei V. Viola
Objectives:

Learn what personal pronouns are.

Be able to know what a reflexive and intensive pronoun is.
Be able to use a personal pronoun as a subject and object
in a sentence; and
be able to use personal pronouns in writing properly.
 What are personal pronouns?

-Personal pronouns are words used as a substitute for the

actual name of a person, animal, thing, or idea. These
pronouns help a sentence become clearer and not
repetitive. With the use of these pronouns, writing will be
a lot easier and understandable, to read.

-A sentence with no personal pronoun, may lead to the

reader not being able to grasp of what the sentence is
about because certain words are used repetitively.
Some common examples of personal pronouns:

I - I is used as a substitute for a singular subject in a sentence.

You - You can be used as a substitute for a singular or plural

subject in a sentence.

He - He may be used as a substitute for a singular subject who is a

male person or for a plural subject that targets everyone in
general.

She - She is used as a substitute for a singular female person in a

sentence.

It- It is used as a substitute for an idea or thing in a sentence.

 Paragraph with no personal pronoun/s:

Allison was called downstairs by Allison's mother to help Allison's

grandmother to carry the groceries. With a sigh, Allison went
down and ate a piece of Allison's favorite food in Allison's
mother's kitchen and helped Allison's grandmother with the
groceries.
 Paragraph with no personal pronoun/s:

Allison was called downstairs by Allison's mother to help Allison's

grandmother to carry the groceries. With a sigh, Allison went
down and ate a piece of Allison's favorite food in Allison's
mother's kitchen and helped Allison's grandmother with the
groceries.

What you may have observed:

Very repetitive
Difficult to follow
Are there multiple Allisons?
Or just one?
 Revised paragraph with personal pronoun/s:

Allison was called downstairs by her mother to help her

grandmother to carry the groceries. With a sigh, she went down
and ate a piece of her favorite food in her mother's kitchen and
helped her grandmother with the groceries.
 Revised paragraph with personal pronoun/s:

Allison was called downstairs by her mother to help her

grandmother to carry the groceries. With a sigh, she went down
and ate a piece of her favorite food in her mother's kitchen and
helped her grandmother with the groceries.

What you may have observed:

It was easier to understand
Clearer
The paragraph was just all about
Allison.
 Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Personal pronouns can be classified as to how they are
used in a sentence. In this case, Reflexive and intensive
pronouns. Although these two use similar personal
pronouns, they have different uses in a sentence.

Some examples of intensive and reflexive pronouns:

Herself
Himself
Itself
Themselves
 Intensive Pronouns

These pronouns are used to intensify or emphasize the

noun or pronoun it refers to, in a sentence. It is usually
found after the noun or pronoun it emphasizes.
Example:
Chloe herself said that she thought
Math was easier than Science.

-In this sentence the word, herself, was used to emphasize the
subject, Chloe, and was found right after the noun.
 Reflexive Pronouns

-This pronoun is formed by adding -self or -selves to a personal

pronoun. It can be a direct object, object of the preposition, an
indirect object, or a predicate nominative.

-''Reflexive'' came from the translated Latin word, "reflect",

which is why the pronoun's main function is to reflect back to
a sentence's subject.
Examples of reflexive pronouns:
Ourselves Itself
Yourselves Myself
Oneself Themselves
 A paragraph with the use of reflexive
pronouns

Thomas did not seem himself yesterday. He usually says about how he
loves himself and that he didn't need to have a companion to experience
what love is like. Yesterday, when he was asked a question about his love
life, he kept quiet, instead of dismissing such "tomfoolery". To change
the subject, I asked, "Thomas, would you like to pour yourself some
water? You're white as a ghost!", others laughed. Except him. When I
asked what was wrong, he just shook his head and looked almost as if he
was embarrassed for himself. I wonder what happened days before
yesterday that made him act like that.
1.) Thomas did not seem himself yesterday.
-In this sentence, the reflexive pronoun was used as a predicate
nominative. A predicate nominative is a noun that completes a
linking verb and renames a subject. Himself completes the
linking verb, did not seem, and renames the subject, Thomas.

2.) He usually says about how he loves himself.

-Here, the reflexive pronoun was used used a direct object of the
sentence. The word himself is the direct object of loves.
3.) Thomas, would you like to pour yourself some water?
- The reflexive pronoun was used as an indirect object in the
sentence. The word, yourself indirectly reflects back to the
subject, Thomas and/or you.

4.)—looked almost as if he was embarrassed for himself.

- In this phrase, the reflexive pronoun was used as an object of a

preposition where the object, for, is the same as the subject, he.
To summarize:
Personal pronouns are words used as a substitute for the actual name of a person,
animal, thing, or idea, to avoid repetition.

Intensive pronouns are used to intensify or emphasize the noun or pronoun it refers
to, in a sentence.

The reflexive pronoun's main function is to reflect back to a sentence's subject and is
formed by adding -self or -selves to a personal pronoun. It can also be a direct object,
object of the preposition, an indirect object, or a predicate nominative in a sentence.
Lastly;

although intensive and reflexive pronouns use similar personal pronouns, they have
completely different functions in a sentence.
 References:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/personal-pronouns/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/intensive-pronouns/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/reflexive-pronouns/
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-
grammar-reference/reflexive-pronouns
https://www.grammar-
monster.com/glossary/predicate_nominative.htm
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