Subject Pronouns

First, what is a noun?

Person Place

Thing

Second, what is a subject?

• Who or what the sentence is about.– Mr. Morton climbs the stairs.

So, what is a pronoun?

• To answer, let’s first have a word from our sponsor:

Well, what is a pronoun?

• Words that take the place of nouns– Instead of saying Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

over and over and over and over, we can say:• He

Subject Pronouns

• Def. Subject pronouns take the place of the subject in a sentence

• He, She, you, I, it, we, they

Using Subject Pronouns

• Rafaela Gabriella Sarsaparilla hopped home with the kangaroo.– What’s the subject?

– What subject pronoun can replace it?• She

• She hopped home with the kangaroo.

Special Note

• You can only use a subject pronoun after you know who or what the subject is.

• If we first wrote:– She hopped home with the kangaroo.– We don’t know who she is. She could be:

• Isabella Julianna Valentina or…• Rafaela Gabriella Sarsaparilla or…• Jill

Practice• Replace the subject noun with subject

pronouns. Record the subject pronoun in your journal.

2. A monkey and an elephant took turns doing handstands.

• They took turns doing handstands.

Practice• Replace the subject noun with subject

pronouns. Record the subject pronoun in your journal.

3. Linda made a three-pointer in the basketball game.

• She made a three-pointer in the basketball game.

Practice• Replace the subject nouns with subject

pronouns. Record the subject pronoun in your journal.

1. Mr. Swanson is the most handsome teacher in the world.

• He is the most handsome teacher in the world.• And here is a picture to prove that this statement is

true:

Finding subject pronouns

Mr. Delton dug in his pocket. He

pulled out a set of keys. They were

the skeleton kind, old and rusty. I wanted to run right then. I knew

this was bad news.

“You take good care of these keys,” he said. “Understand?”

I nodded.“And don’t let your mom know.

She don’t need to know. We good?”

• Find the subject pronouns in the following paragraphs.

• Record the pronouns in your journal.

• Remember, neatness counts!

• Hint: there are 9 subject pronouns total.

Review

• What do subject pronouns take the place of?

• What are our subject pronouns?

Practice Book Time

• Open up your practice book to page 299.