Transcript Pronoun
Personal Pronouns Learning Target I will determine which personal pronoun to use in sentences by analyzing whether it modifies the subject, object, or predicate nominative. Pronouns • Pronoun – word used to in place of a noun. Ex. After Bill fed the dog & cat, Bill let the dog and cat outside. After Bill fed the dog & cat, he let them outside. Pronouns • • • • • • • • • • I me my mine you yours he him hers his • • • • • • • • • • it its we us our ours they them their theirs Pronoun Matches the Antecedent Nouns and pronouns have a gender. The pronouns should match the original noun’s gender. • Feminine – female; she, her, hers • Masculine – male; he, his, him • Neuter – neutral; it, its • Sally opened her briefcase. • Sam lost his hat. • The cave had bats in it. Practice Write the pronouns in each sentence. • He and his friends caught several frogs and put them in a bag. • Did you say that it is too cold for us to go outside? • Did they want to see a movie or play basketball? Subject Pronouns I, we, you, he, she, they Subject I asked to be in the play. They wanted to help. Predicate Nominative Pronouns Predicate Nominative – when the subject follows a linking verb (is, was, are, were) Ex. The best actor is she. Test: She is the best actor. Object Pronouns me, us, you, him, her, them Object: Tim surprised her with roses. Indirect object: Jill gave us some advice. Following a preposition: You can’t go to the movie without me. *others: to her, except them Practice Write the pronoun & if it’s a subject, object, or predicate nominative: 4. Kim loves (he,him) very much. object 5. The luckiest person in the world is (I, me). PN 6. I gave the tickets to (she, her)! object 7. Our choice for class president remains (he, him). subject 8. Dad and (me, I) went fishing last Sunday. subject Appositives Appositive – a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it. Ex. Lunch is important to us students. Ex. We Americans love entertainment. Practice Write the correct appositive 9. (We, Us) girls like to accessorize our outfits. 10. Rain or shine, (we, us) football players will play the game. 11. None of (we, us) kids like to sit in detention. 12. Rogue River could never beat (we,us) Panthers.