Transcript Subject and Object Pronouns: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

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Subject and Object
Pronouns;
Direct and Indirect Objects
Gifting and Re-Gifting
Focus on Grammar 2
Part VII, Unit 24
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Gift Giving
Hi Bob. Happy
Birthday! This
gift is for you. I
hope you like it.
It’sit’s
forperfect.
me? Oh,
Oh,
You
Thethank
colorsyou.
are just
shouldn’t
have.
right
for me.
Re-Gifting
Hi Al.
Happy
Hey,
where
did
But
I
gave
it
to
Birthday!
I
have
a
youhim!
get that
gift for you. I
shirt?
hope you like it.
For me?
Oh,
Well,
Bob gave
thanks.
I really
it to me.
like it!
Subject Pronouns
A pronoun replaces a noun.
A subject pronoun replaces a noun in
subject position.
Bob
He loves Linda.
S
Object Pronouns
An object pronoun replaces a noun in
object position.
Bob loves her.
Linda.
O
Subject and Object Pronouns
Subject
Pronouns
I
Object
Pronouns
me
you
you
he
him
she
her
it
it
we
us
they
them
Identify the subjects and objects in
the sentences. Replace them with
pronouns.
Practice 1
Example: Tom fed his baby sister.  He fed her.
S
O
1. Jennifer got the keys.  She got them.
O
S
2. The candy is for Michael and me.  It is for us.
S
O
3. Hormoz and Shemi took the test.  They took it.
S
O
Direct and Indirect Objects 1
Some sentences have two objects following the
verb.
Bob sent roses to his mother.
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Direct and Indirect Objects 2
What did
Bob send?
To whom did he
send the roses?
Indirect
objects
answer the
questions to
whom or to
what.
Direct objects
answer the
questions
whom or
what.
Bob sent roses to his mother.
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Pronouns
Subject
Pronouns
I
Direct Object
Pronouns
me
Indirect Object
Pronouns
me
you
you
you
he
him
him
she
her
her
it
it
it
we
us
us
they
them
them
Identify the direct objects (DO)
and (IO) indirect objects in the
sentences.
Practice 2
Example: My friend sent us a gift in the mail.
IO DO
1. The mother read her children a bedtime story.
IO
DO
2. I handed the teacher the homework.
IO
DO
3. My parents wrote a letter to the company.
DO
IO
Be Careful!
If the direct object is a pronoun, the pronoun
always comes before the indirect object.
him
them
Lola sent Bob the slippers.
IO
DO
Lola sent them to him.
DO
IO
Practice 3
Replace the direct and indirect
objects with pronouns.
Example: I sent my mother some e-mails.
I sent them to her.
1. We showed Lisa the movie.
We showed it to her.
2. My sister loaned the car to Phil and me.
My sister loaned it to us.
3. They passed the notes to Mr. Jackson.
They passed them to him.
References
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