Pronouns Pronouns A pronoun is a word that
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Pronouns
Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. Pro- means for (standing FOR a noun) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v= yg 9 MKQ 1 OYCg
Personal Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns. Examples: he, she, it
Subject Pronouns A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence. The subject is WHO or WHAT the sentence is about. She is my sister. It is my hat. Does he have a dog. You and I go to the movie.
Object Pronouns An object pronoun is a personal pronoun in the objective case. It is used as the direct or inderect object of a verb. Object pronouns will never be the subject of the sentence. Give the pencil to me. The teacher gave her a referral. I will tell you a secret. Hannah read it to them.
List of Personal Pronouns Singular Plural Subject Pronouns I you he, she, it we you they Object Pronouns me you him, her, it us you them
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Using Pronouns Correctly How do you know when to use me or I, we or us? 1. Use a Subject Pronoun as a subject 2. Use Object pronoun as object of the verb Examples (Circle the correct pronoun listed): SUBJECTShe owns a collection of books. INDIRECT OBJECTHe told her an amusing story. DIRECT OBJECTThe fable entertained us.
Using Pronouns Correctly When in a pair (Susan and I) Always take the pronoun OUT of the pair to see which pronoun is the correct one to use. EXAMPLES: Richard and (I or me) recited the story. Jennifer helped Richard and (I or me). Read sentence without the words that the pronoun is paired with to see what works.
Using Pronouns Correctly When using a pronoun in a pair: **ALWAYS put the pronoun second Seth and I read some comic books. (Not I and Seth) Science interests Mike and me. (Not me and Mike).
Using Pronouns Correctly In formal writing and speech: use a subject pronoun after a linking verb. RIGHT The winner is she. NOT She is the winner.
PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS Antecedent. The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to Example: Tyler read “The Hungry Caterpillar. ” He found it exciting. ANTECEDENT of he __________ ANTECEDENT of exciting _________
PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS RULE FOR PRONOUNS and ANTECEDENTS: 1. 2. Pronoun must agree with antecedent in number (singular or plural) and gender. The gender of a noun may be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neuter (referring to things).
Possessive Pronouns Possessive Pronoun A pronoun that shows who or what has something. NOTE: A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun.
Possessive Pronouns Examples: Matt’s shoe is too small. Replace noun with possessive pronoun. _______ shoe is too small. Mike’s homework is perfect. Possesive Noun- _____ Replace with pronoun- _____ homework is perfect.
Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronouns have two forms. - One form is used before a noun. - The other form is used alone. Used before nouns Used alone Singular Plural my your his, her, its mine yours his, hers, its our your their ours yours theirs
Possessive Pronouns ALWAYS REMEMBER: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS do NOT contain an apostrophe. * Possessive its never splits. *It’s - is a contraction standing for it is *Its no apostrophe is POSSESSIVE Example: I love my book. (Its) characters are funny. *Its is a possevive pronoun standing for what noun?
Indefinite Pronouns indefinite pronoun A pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing. Example: Does anyone know where Mr. Malloy went? Everyone thought he was hiding in a locker. NOTE: Most indefinite pronouns are either ALWAYS singular or plural.
Some Indefinite Pronouns Singular another anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything much neither nobody Plural no one nothing one somebody someone something both few many others several SINGULAR or PLURAL All, any, most, none and some can be singular or plural, depending on the phrase that follows them.
Indefinite Pronouns When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number. EXAMPLE: Everyone discusses the dance last Friday. (singular) Both talk about how fun it was! (plural) All of the dance was very loud. (singular) All of the middle schoolers were dancing fools. (plural)
Some Indefinite Pronouns Possessive pronouns often have indefinite pronouns as their antecedents. In such cases, the pronouns must agree in number. Each of the teachers has his or her unique teaching style. Several have funny conversations with their students.
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