■What do we call the word that we use to

avoid the redundancy in writing and

speaking?

■What are the kinds of pronouns that you

can still remember?
 KINDS OF
PRONOUNS
INDEFINITE, DEMONSTRATIVE, INTERROGATIVE
 OBJECTIVES
■ identity the pronouns kinds of pronouns used in
the sentences;
■ complete the sentence with the correct
pronouns; and
■ use the different kinds of pronouns to write clear
and coherent sentences.
WHAT IS AN INDIFINIET
PRONOUN
 INDEFINITE PRONOUN
An indefinite pronoun is a
pronoun that does not refer to a
particular person, place, or thing.
SINGULAR INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
each, nobody, something, anybody, no one, somebody, one,
everybody, someone, neither, anyone, anything, either, nothing,
everyone, everything, and other pronouns ending in one, body,
and thing.

■ Example: Everybody is going to the party.

Only one of my friends is going to the party.
Neither of my friends is going to the party.
PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Several, few, both, and many

Example: Several of my friends are going to

the party
SINGULAR AND PLURAL INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

■ The following pronouns may be singular or plural

depending on either their antecedent (the word or phrase
to which they refer) or on the noun or pronoun in the
prepositional phrase:
– Some, all, most, none, and any.

■ Examples:
Some of the mail has arrived.
Some of the letters have arrived.
SINGULAR AND PLURAL INDEFINITE
PRONOUNS,
When none is used to mean not one of, it is construed as
singular; when it tells how many, it is construed as plural.

■ Of these medicines, none is effective.

■ None of the people are here.
PRACTICING INDEFINITE
PRONOUNS
■ Everybody (love/loves) somebody.
■ If either of the two students (are/is) caught
cheating again, he will be suspended for three
weeks.
■ Several of the audience members at the circus
(was/were) accosted by the juggling platypus.
■ Both of my parents (is/are) from Kentucky.
INTERROGATIV
E PRONOUNS
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions.
The interrogative pronoun represents the thing that
we don't know (what we are asking the question
about).
DEMONSTATIV
E PRONOUNS
Pronouns used to demonstrate any
object or something or to point to
something in a sentence is called
a DEMONSTRATIVE
PRONOUN.
DEMONTATIVE PRONOUNS