Grammar Unit II: Pronouns

Lesson 1

Personal Pronouns(Pronouns that are friendly!)

Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun

Ex: Marcy went to the market, and sheshe bought bread.

DEFINITIONs

Personal Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun that refers to a person or thing

Ex: Marcy went to the market, and sheshe bought bread.

Two cases of personal pronouns include

Personal pronouns

SUBJECTSUBJECT

Subject pronouns are the subject of a verb.

They generally appear BEFORE the verb.

OBJECTOBJECT

Object pronouns are the receiver of the

action of the verb or for whom an action

was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb.

She went to the store.

Subject pronoun Jordan bought her roses.

Object pronoun

Personal pronouns

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

First PersonFirst Person Second Second PersonPerson

Third PersonThird Person

SingularSingular I you she, he, it

PluralPlural we you they

PracticeDirections: Identify the subjective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

____ 1. They went to the basketball game. P-3rd

____ 2. In June, we will start summer vacation.P-1st

____ 3. He took French class in ninth grade. S-3rd

____ 4. You all will have a quiz on pronouns. P-2rd

Personal pronouns

OBJECT PRONOUNS

First PersonFirst Person Second Second PersonPerson

Third PersonThird Person

SingularSingular me you her, him, it

PluralPlural us you them

PracticeDirections: Identify the objective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

____ 1. Skylar gave her roses. S-3rd

____ 2. The teacher gave us an assignment. P-1st

____ 3. The email was sent to them yesterday. P-3rd

____ 4. I told you all about the quiz. P-2rd

!The exception!

The exception to this is when the verb is a linking verb (and not an action verb).

BASIC LINKING VERBSBASIC LINKING VERBS

AM

IS

ARE

WAS

WERE

BE

BEING

BEEN

The exception?The exception?

Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs.

The best player is she.

LINKING VERBLINKING VERB

SUBJECT PRONOUNSUBJECT PRONOUN

PracticeDirections: Underline the pronoun in each sentence. Above each pronoun write SUB (subjective) or OBJ (objective). On the line label S or P. Then 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.

____ 1. She put on the mittens. s-3rd SUB

____ 2. They were black with white snowflakes. p-3rd SUB

____ 4. Marcy’s mother gave them to her. p-3rd OBJ

____ 5. Marcy feels the best mother in the world is she. s-3rd SUB

____ 2. The teacher will give you all a quiz soon. p-2rd OBJ

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

What is a pronoun?A word that takes the place of a noun

What is a personal pronoun?A word that takes the place of a person or thing

Give the seven subject pronouns: I, we, you, she, he, it, they

When do you use subject pronouns?When it is the subject of the sentence or AFTER a linking verb

List the basic linking verbs?am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE cont.

Give the seven object pronouns?me, us, you, her, him, it, them

When do you use object pronouns?After action verbs—or to describe who is receiving the action of the verb or to describe for whom the action was performed.