Transcript Complete Subjects and Predicates

Subject Pronouns
Lesson 3.2
Here’s the Idea
A subject pronoun is used as the subject
of a sentence or as a predicate pronoun
after a linking verb.
Singular
Plural
I
you
he, she, it
we
you
they
Pronouns as Subjects
• Use the subject case of a pronoun when
the pronoun is the subject of a sentence.
• Remember, a pronoun can be part of a
compound subject.
• Friends often play on opposing teams.
• They compete hard against each other.
• They replaces noun subject Friends.
• Charlene and I play on different teams.
• We stay friends no matter what.
Predicate Pronouns
• A predicate pronoun follows a linking verb
and renames, or refers to, the subject.
• Use the subject case for predicate
pronoun.
Examples:
• Mrs. Sands is the coach.
subject
predicate pronoun
• The coach is she.
renames
• The best players are Aaron and I.
renames
• The toughest opponents are Teresa and he.
renames
Remember
• The most common linking
verbs are forms of the verb be;
they include is, are, was, were,
been, has been, have been,
can be, will be, and should be.
Practice Time!
1. I read about Martina Navratilova and
Chris Evert. (Them, They) were the two
top women tennis players in the early
1980s.
2. Martina and (her, she) played each other
eighty times.
3. Rulers of the tennis courts were (they,
them)!
4. My friend Elana and (me, I) are tennis
rivals, too.
5. (We, Us) like to win but stay friends, just
like Martina and Chris.
6. If Martina won, (she, her) would go over
and comfort Chris.
7. Sometimes (they, them) would leave each
other notes.
8. My brother is different because (he, him)
hates his rivals.
9. He’s not like me and my friends because
(us, we) are best friends and tennis
players!