Transcript PronounsPersonal 6th

Why are pronouns important?
My friend Jan barely survived Jan’s family
vacation last summer. Jan was sailing with
Jan’s family off the coast of Florida when a
storm came up. The storm capsized Jan and
Jan’s family’s boat. Fortunately, Jan and
Jan’s family had life jackets, which saved
Jan and Jan’s family’s lives.
Key Vocabulary
Pronoun: a word that is used in place of a
noun or another pronoun
Antecedent: the word that the pronoun
takes the place of or refers to
Personal pronouns: refer to a person
speaking (first person), a person spoken to
(second person), or the person spoken
about (third person)
Personal Pronouns
Nominative/
Subjective
Objective
Case
Possessive
Case
1st Person
I
we
me
us
my/mine
our/ours
2nd Person
you
you
your
yours
3rd Person
he/she
it
they
him/her
it
them
his/her/hers
its
their/theirs
Using the correct case…
Nominative/Subjective
Case Uses:
 when the pronoun is
the subject of a verb
 following a linking
verb
Objective
Case Uses:
 Following an action
verb
 when the pronoun is
an object of a
preposition
Hints for using the correct case…
 Try both the nominative and objective case pronoun
and listen for the one that sounds correct.
He/him lifeguards at the neighborhood pool during
the summer. (He lifeguards or Him lifeguards?)
The rescuers found he/him after 3 hours. (found
he or found him?)
 If the subject or object is compound, ignore the first
one and just try the pronouns.
My brother and I/me watched a movie last night. (I
watched or Me watched?)
The raft belongs to my brother and he/him.
(belongs to he or belongs to him?)
Hints for using the correct case…
 If the pronoun is a predicate nominative, switch the
subject and predicate nominative.
The biggest supporters were she and I/her and
me. (She and I were or Her and me were?)
The greatest students are they/them. (They are
the greatest or Them are the greatest?)
 If the pronoun is at the end of a sentence following
the word THAN, finish the sentence:
She is smarter than I/me. (She is smarter than I
am or smarter than me am?)
You look better than I/me. (You look better than I
do or me do?)
Let’s Practice!
1.
Hurricane Floyd ravaged the East Coast in 1999. The
extent of the damage horrified my friends and I/me.
2. My brother and I/me read that Floyd was 600 miles
across and had winds of 155 mph.
3. Gerald Keeth is a U.S. sailor; the hurricane gave the
others and he/him the scare of his life.
4. “The bad weather started pounding we/us Tuesday
night,” he wrote.
5. They/them launched their life raft in 55 foot seas with 60
knot winds.
6. The raft accidentally left behind two others and he/him.
7. They/Them only had life jackets and an emergency
locator beacon.
8. “I could hear each wave from behind I/me like a freight
train coming,” he said.
9. Finally a helicopter rescued they/them.
10. “A rescue swimmer put a harness on each of we/us and
we/us were hauled into the helicopter,” he continued.