Grammar Unit II Pronouns Lesson 1 Personal Pronouns

Grammar Unit II: Pronouns Lesson 1 Personal Pronouns (Pronouns that are friendly!)

DEFINITIONs Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun Ex: Marcy went to the market, and she bought bread. Personal Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun that refers to a person or thing Ex: Marcy went to the market, and she bought bread.

Personal pronouns Two cases of personal pronouns include SUBJECT OBJECT Subject pronouns are the subject of a verb. They generally appear BEFORE the verb. Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb or for whom an action was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb. She went to the store. Subject pronoun Jordan bought her roses. Object pronoun

Personal pronouns SUBJECT PRONOUNS First Person Second Person Third Person Singular I you she, it Plural we you they

Practice Directions: Identify the subjective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd person. P-3 1. They went to the basketball game. ____ rd P-1 2. In June, we will start summer vacation. ____ st S-3 3. He took French class in ninth grade. ____ rd P-2 4. You all will have a quiz on pronouns. ____ rd

Personal pronouns OBJECT PRONOUNS First Person Second Person Third Person Singular me you her, him, it Plural us you them

Practice Directions: Identify the objective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd person. S-3 1. Skylar gave her roses. ____ rd P-1 2. The teacher gave us an assignment. ____ st P-3 3. The email was sent to them yesterday. ____ rd P-2 4. I told you all about the quiz. ____ rd

!The exception! The exception to this is when the verb is a linking verb (and not an action verb). BASIC LINKING VERBS The exception? AM Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs. IS ARE WAS WERE BE SUBJECT PRONOUN The best player is she. BEING BEEN LINKING VERB

Practice Directions: Underline the pronoun in each sentence. Above each pronoun write SUB (subjective) or OBJ (objective). On the line label S or P. Then 1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd person. s-3 rd SUB ____ 1. She put on the mittens. p-3 rd SUB ____ 2. They were black with white snowflakes. OBJ rd p-3 ____ 4. Marcy’s mother gave them to her. s-3 rd SUB ____ 5. Marcy feels the best mother in the world is she. OBJ rd p-2 ____ 2. The teacher will give you all a quiz soon.

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE What is a pronoun? A word that takes the place of a noun What is a personal pronoun? A word that takes the place of a person or thing Give the seven subject pronouns: I, we, you, she, it, they When do you use subject pronouns? When it is the subject of the sentence or AFTER a linking verb List the basic linking verbs? am, is, are, was, were, being, been

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE cont. Give the seven object pronouns? me, us, you, her, him, it, them When do you use object pronouns? After action verbs—or to describe who is receiving the action of the verb or to describe for whom the action was performed.