Transcript Grammar - North Plainfield School District

Do-Now:

Is the following sentence correct? If not,
make the necessary corrections.
 Me and Jeff thinks the Amazon is the more
impressive river in the world.
 Corrected: Jeff and I think the Amazon is the
most impressive river in the world.
Subject & Object Pronouns
A. Mr. Young taught our class about rivers.
 B. He taught us about them.

 Which word in sentence B replaces the word rivers?
○ Them
 Which word in sentence B replaces the phrase Mr.
Young?
○ He
 Which word in sentence B replaces the phrase our
class?
○ us
Subject & Object Pronouns

Subject pronouns:
 I, he, she, we, and they
 Can be the subject of a clause or sentence

Object pronouns:
 Me, him, her, us, and them
 Can be used after an action verb or a preposition

*The pronouns it and you can be either subjects
or objects.
Subject & Object Pronouns
Let’s try some examples:
 Identify the subject pronoun and/or object pronoun:

 1. What did you do last weekend?
○ You (subject)
 2. I took my little brother to see a movie.
○ I (subject)
 3. I told him to keep quiet.
○ I (subject); him (object)
 4. He often talks to me during the most suspenseful part
of the movie.
○ He (subject); me (object)
 5. People shush us if we make too much noise.
○ Us (object); we (subject)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Circle the proper noun that the
boldfaced pronoun replaces. Draw an
arrow from the pronoun to that name:
 The Nile is a in Africa. It flows north
through much of the continent.
 It replaces Nile.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
An antecedent is the word or words a
pronoun refers to.
 When you write a pronoun, be sure its
antecedent is clear.
 A pronoun must AGREE with its
antecedent.

 They agree when they have the number
(singular or plural) and gender (male or
female).
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
1. Kay and her friend Liam got lost as they were
going to the mall.
 2. They missed their bus stop although the
driver called it out.
 3. Liam was talking on his cell phone, so he
didn’t hear the driver.
 4. Kay was daydreaming, so she didn’t hear the
driver either.
 5. Once the two friends realized their error, they
asked the driver what to do.

Correcting Vague Pronouns

Brenda and Celeste are preparing to compete
in the all-school quiz on great rivers of the
world. She hands her partner a world map on
which she has highlighted the major rivers.
“What a great idea!” she says. “This will help us
memorize the locations of long rivers. We have
to remember, though, that they could ask us
questions about short but important rivers, too.”
 What did you notice about the pronouns in this
paragraph?
 Which pronouns do not have a clear antecdent?
Correcting Vague Pronouns
Identify the pronoun that does not have a
clear antecedent.
 1. Celeste and Brenda arrive at the library;
they will be competing in it, too.
 2. Celeste and Brenda look at each other,
and then she says, “We need these, but you
can have those.”
