Compound Personal Pronouns

• What does a pronoun do?

• What does it mean when something is
compound?
• Compound personal pronouns are made when
adding the word ‘self’ (singular) or ‘selves’ (plural)
to the end of a personal pronoun
• There are two types of compound personal
pronouns
• Reflexive
• Intensive
 Reflexive Compound Pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns are so named because

the
action of the subject reflects upon itself
• That woman hurt herself while playing
soccer.
• I cut myself when I was shaving.
• He helped himself to a handful of candy.
 Intensive Compound Pronouns
• Intensive compound pronouns
emphasize a noun
or pronoun in the same sentence
• The students themselves created the art
project.
• I myself baked that cake.
• They did the work themselves.
• King Alfred himself won the battle.
Personal Pronoun Table
 The Antecedent
• An antecedent is the word that the pronoun (or
compound personal pronoun) refers back to or
replaces
• Most often, the antecedent is replaced with one of
these 3rd person personal pronouns:
• He, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its,
itself, they, them, their, theirs, themselves
• Examples:
• Rob bit his lip.
• Kira couldn’t get herself to the doctor.
• Our friends would not attend the brunch because
they hate breakfast food.
 Practice
• The doctor (____) needs to care for his patients.
• Is this reflexive or intensive?
• Kenny, can you fix this problem (____)?
• Reflexive or intensive?
• Nursery kids cry (____) to sleep often.
• What is the antecedent?
• The movie (____) was very boring, but I enjoyed
the ending.
• Reflexive or intensive?
• You all should have studied for the test (_____).
• What is the antecedent?