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Pronouns
Persons and Cases
Introduction
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Words that name places, persons,
things or concepts are nouns. A
pronoun is used to refer to these
nouns. It can replace the noun in a
sentence. However, one must use the
noun first to establish the antecedent.
Example:
The children are hungry. They
(antecedent)
(pronoun)
want to eat pizza.
What’s in the Pronoun Case File:
Personal Pronouns:
1. Nominative Case
2. Possessive Case
3. Objective Case
Observe and remember
the basic sentence pattern:
Subject + verb + predicate.
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Pronoun Case
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Personal pronouns express case. The
case reflects the way the pronoun is
used in a sentence:
Nominative Case: The pronoun is
used as a subject of the sentence.
 Objective Case: The pronoun is used
as an object of the verb (in predicate)
 Possessive Case: The pronoun shows
possession or ownership
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Examples
Nominative Case: The pronoun is
used as a subject (before the verb)
 She is my best friend.
 Objective Case: The pronoun is used
as an object (after the verb)
 Joe tells her to visit us.
 Possessive Case: The pronoun shows
ownership
 This hat is hers. This pen is mine.
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Person of a pronoun
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First person pronoun- is used in place
of a speaker: (I ‘yo’, we ‘nosotros’) like
Baskin Robin’s ice cream.
I or we replace the names of the speaker
or speakers.
Second person pronoun- is used in
place of a person or persons spoken to:
Have you (tú, ustedes) decided on a flavor?
Third person pronoun- replaces the
person or thing being spoken about: He
(él) ordered chocolate ice cream. They
(ellos) practiced tennis.
Pronouns used in the nominative case:
subject pronouns, used as the subject
SINGULAR
NOMINATIVE
First person
I
Second person
You
Third person
He, she, it
PLURAL
First person
We
Second person
You
Third person
They
Pronouns used in the objective case (object
pronouns, used in the predicate, after the verb)
SINGULAR
OBJECTIVE
First person
Me
Second person
You
Third person
Him, her, it
PLURAL
First person
Us
Second person
You
Third person
them
Possessive Case
(shows ownership)
SINGULAR
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
First person
mine
Second person
Third person
PLURAL
First person
yours
hers, his, its
ours
Second person
yours
Third person
theirs
Reflexive Pronouns
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Are formed by adding –self to a singular
pronoun and –selves to a plural pronoun.
They refer to something done by the
subject of the sentence.
I told myself that today would be a bad
day.
The cat licked itself on the tail.
Bob made dinner by himself.
Tie your shoes by yourselves.
Mike and I did homework by ourselves.
Reflexive Pronouns
SINGULAR
REFLEXIVE
First person
Myself
Second person
Yourself
Third person
Himself, herself, itself
PLURAL
First person
ourselves
Second person
Yourselves
Third person
themselves
Review
Pronouns are an important part of
grammar.
 They substitute nouns.
 They can be used in 3 cases:
Nominative (subject position)
 Objective (object position)
 Possessive (expressing ownership)
 Reflexive pronouns- Express actions
realized by the subject.
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