Transcript Unit 7 pronoun cases ch 23

-Pronouns have 3 cases:
1. Nominative
2. Objective
3. Possessive
-A pronoun’s “case” refers to its use in a
sentence
Pronoun Case
Use in Sentence
Nominative—
Subject of a Verb
I, we, you, he, she, it, they Predicative Nominative
Objective—
Me, us, you, him, her, it,
them
Possessive—
My, mine, our, ours,
your, yours, his, her,
hers, its, their, theirs
Direct Object
Indirect object
Object of a Preposition
To show ownership
Nominative Case
0 The nominative case has 2 uses:
1. Use the nominative case for the subject of
verbs.
 Ex: I collect baseballs.
 Ex: She wrote a letter to the President.
2. Use the nominative case when a pronoun is
used as a predicate nominative.
 Ex: It is she.
 Ex: It might have been they.
 REMEMBER: A predicate nominative renames
the subject and follows a linking verb (form of
the verb “be”)
Nominative Case
-To make sure you are using the correct case of
a personal pronoun in a compound subject, use
just the pronoun with the verb.
Ex: Incorrect: Gina and me collect stamps.
Ex: Correct: Gina and I collect stamps.
Objective Case
1. Use the objective case for direct objects.
-Remember: Find direct objects by finding the
subject and verb and ask “what?”
Ex: Kate invited me to the game.
2. Use the objective case for indirect objects.
- Remember: Find the indirect objects by finding
the d.o. and then asking “to/for whom/what?”
Ex: Diego wrote her a letter.
3. Use the objective case for the object of a
preposition. (list of prepositions on p. 246)
Ex: Were they talking to me?
Possessive Case
1. Use the possessive case before nouns
to show possession
Ex: The bat found its target.
Ex: Have you seen their gloves?
2. Use some personal pronouns by
themselves to show possession.
Ex: Is this hat yours or his?
Possessive Case
-Remember: Personal pronouns ending in “s”
are never written with an apostrophe
Ex: Incorrect—Our’s is the last seat in the row.
Ex: Correct: Ours is the last seat in the row.
-Remember: The possessive form of “it” is
“its.” “It’s” is a contraction for meaning “it is.”
0 Ex: Incorrect: A team is only as good as it’s
players.
0 Ex: Correct: A team is only as good as its
players.