We Me Pronouns I You What are they

What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of

Try it out noun pronoun Joe loves his new toy. Sara can’t seem to

What’s the right pronoun? Skateboards are fun, but _____ can be dangerous. A. them

Let’s guess What other pronouns can take place of a noun?

Personal Pronouns • These words refer to people or things: I, me, my, mine,

1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd Person Pronouns are used in 1 st,

Examples • I lost my wallet. • Did you find your wallet? • He

Cases • There are three ways personal pronouns are used. – Subject • She

Subject Pronouns • These pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence or

When used as a subject The subject is the person or thing that the

Example Compound subject is when there is more than one person or thing being

Fill in the correct pronoun. ______ stood on the stairs for our class picture.

Identify the Subject. Will you help Paula set the table? Mr. Strong’s class and

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We Me Pronouns I You What are they? ?

What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. The word that the pronouns refers to is called the antecedent. Example: noun pronoun The girl cried after she fell down. antecedent “Girl” is the noun in the sentence. “She” is the pronoun. “Girl” is the antecedent in the sentence.

Why is “girl” the antecedent? ?

Try it out noun pronoun Joe loves his new toy. Sara can’t seem to find her keys.

What’s the right pronoun? Skateboards are fun, but _____ can be dangerous. A. them B. it C. they D. we

Let’s guess What other pronouns can take place of a noun?

Personal Pronouns • These words refer to people or things: I, me, my, mine, your, yours, he, him, his, she, hers, its, they, them, theirs, we, us, ours.

1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd Person Pronouns are used in 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd person. 1 st person – when you are talking about yourself 2 nd person – when you are talking to someone 3 rd person – when you are talking about someone or something.

Examples • I lost my wallet. • Did you find your wallet? • He found his wallet.

Cases • There are three ways personal pronouns are used. – Subject • She likes to skate. – Object • She asked her for a pen. – Possessive • James likes to play with his dog.

Subject Pronouns • These pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence or the predicate pronouns are pronouns that come after a linking verb and renames, or refers to, the subject. Example: pronoun The doctor is he. LV

When used as a subject The subject is the person or thing that the sentence is talking about. • the one doing the action in the sentence • the one that the action happened to in the sentence Example: He was hit by the train. They are always playing outside.

Example Compound subject is when there is more than one person or thing being talked about in the sentence. Example Sam and I love to eat ice cream.

Fill in the correct pronoun. ______ stood on the stairs for our class picture. The co-captains of the team are Jessie and _____. Although the team’s players were shorter, _____ won the basketball game.

Identify the Subject. Will you help Paula set the table? Mr. Strong’s class and he might carry the pottery to the art fair. It is very heavy.