Transcript pronoun PPT for guided notes

He
We
We
She
I
Us
Pronouns
• A pronoun is a word
used instead of a noun
or another pronoun.
Example
1.Marie went for a walk.
 She went for a walk.
• In the second sentence, she is a
pronoun that takes the place of
the noun Marie.
Antecedents
An antecedent is the noun the
pronoun replaces or refers to.
Jane and Margaret went shopping;
they bought a new book at the
store.
“Jane and Margaret” is the
antecedent. “They”is the pronoun
that replaces it.
Subject Pronoun
• The subject pronoun is who or what
the sentence is about
– We played soccer.
– “We” is a pronoun and it tells who the
sentence is about.
Subject Pronouns
Singular
I
You
He, she, it
(who, whoever)
Plural
we
you
they
1
Kristina went to the game.
____ brought her little
brother with her.
Kristina
went to the game. She
brought her
little brother with her.
Object Pronoun
• The object pronoun is a
someone or something that
receives the action of the
subject.
– She kicked it.
– “It” is a pronoun and “it” is
receiving the action- it is being
kicked.
Object Pronouns
Singular
me
you
him, her, it
(whom, whoever)
Plural
us
you
them
• Me and him/her = US
• She/He and I = WE
2
She forgot to call Jennifer.
She forgot to call ______.
She forgot to call Jennifer.
She forgot to call her.
Use I in the subject of the sentence.
I want a new coat for Christmas.
Larry and I made $1.00 picking up
trash.
I am hungry.
Subject
My sister and I had to clean our rooms.
Subjects
Use me after the action verb.
Grandpa helped me chop wood.
action verb
Choose I or me.
(I me) walked to school.
I walked to school.
Or
I walked to it.
I = subject
School = object
Choose I or me.
Carol saw ( I me) at the park.
Carol saw me at the park.
or
She saw me at the park
Carol/she = subject
Me= object
Choose I or me.
The nurse gave ( I me) a bandaid.
The nurse gave me a band-aid.
Or
She gave it to me.
The nurse= subject
Me= object
The band-aid = indirect object
What is the subject:
Christina and Miranda danced
all night with their college
friends
They danced all night with
them.
They= subject pronoun
referring to Miranda and
Christina
Them= object pronoun
referring to their friends
The teacher gave back the
papers to Dylan and (I or me)
She gave them back to Dylan and me
Or
She gave them back to us.
The teacher is the subject = she  subject
pronoun
Dylan and me = objects  object pronouns
Comparisons
Finish the sentence with the appropriate verb
if you are ending a comparison with a
pronoun
Ex. No one is taller than I (am).
Ex. Josh is better at memorizing
vocab than she (is).
Confused? Here’s why!
Josh is better at memorizing vocab than she
(is).
Josh was the subject, right?
Yes, but “She” is also the subject. Because
“She” is also completing an action: “She is
not as good at memorizing vocab.”
When using pronouns in comparisons,
make sure you choose the right one by
finishing the sentence with the implied verb
Sean is a bigger jerk than (she/her)
Brenna is a sweeter person than (he/him)
Hillary likes English more than (me/I)