1. Pronouns Notes

2. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. Pro- means for (standing FOR a noun)

3. Personal Pronouns
Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns.
Examples: he, she, it

4. Subject Pronouns A subject pronoun is used as the
subject of a sentence. The subject is WHO or WHAT the sentence is about.
She is my sister.
It is my hat.
Does he have a dog.
You and I go to the movie.

5. The teacher gave her a referral.
Object Pronouns
An object pronoun is a personal pronoun in the objective case. It is used as the direct or inderect object of a verb. Object pronouns will never be the subject of the sentence.
Give the pencil to me.
The teacher gave her a referral.
I will tell you a secret.
Hannah read it to them.

6. List of Personal Pronouns
Singular Plural
I we
you you
he, she, it they
Subject Pronouns
me us
you you
him, her, it them
Object Pronouns

7. Your turn
Listen to this song and then lets try it together!
Activity. Identify the pronouns in the following sentences.
Jamie and Clara loved the guinea pig their mother bought them. It was white, and it was adorable.

8. Using Pronouns Correctly
How do you know when to use me or I, we or us?
1. Use a subject pronoun as a subject.
2. Use an object pronoun as object of the verb.
Examples (Circle the correct pronoun listed):
SUBJECT-
She owns a collection of books.
INDIRECT OBJECT-
He told her an amusing story.
DIRECT OBJECT-
The fable entertained us.

9. Using Pronouns Correctly
When in a pair (Susan and I)
Always take the pronoun OUT of the pair
to see which pronoun is the correct one to use.
EXAMPLES:
Richard and (I or me) recited the story.
Jennifer helped Richard and (I or me).
Read sentence without the words that the pronoun is paired with to see what works.

10. Using Pronouns Correctly
When using a pronoun in a pair:
**ALWAYS put the pronoun second
Seth and I read some comic books.
(Not I and Seth)
Science interests Mike and me.
(Not me and Mike).

11. Using Pronouns Correctly
In formal writing and speech:
use a subject pronoun after a linking verb.
RIGHT  The winner is she.
NOT  She is the winner.

12. ACTIVITY 2
Replace one of the nouns in the following sentences with a pronoun.
Tanner and Tanner’s friend Todd won the boat race.
Why did Oscar give Oscar’s camera to the school?
Darius scored a goal; the first of Darius’ season.

13. PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS
Antecedent- The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to Example: Tyler read “The Hungry Caterpillar.” He found it exciting. ANTECEDENT of he  ___________________ ANTECEDENT of it  __________________

14. PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS
RULE FOR PRONOUNS and ANTECEDENTS:
Pronoun must agree with antecedent in number (singular or plural) and gender.
The gender of a noun may be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neuter (referring to things).

15. ACTIVITY 3
Complete p. 379 Exercise 5.

16. Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronoun A pronoun that shows who or what has something. NOTE: A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun.

17. Possessive Pronouns
Examples: Matt’s shoe is too small. Replace noun with possessive pronoun. _______ shoe is too small. Mike’s homework is perfect. Possesive Noun- __________ Replace with pronoun- _________ ________ homework is perfect.

18. Possessive Pronouns Used before nouns Used alone ours yours theirs
Possessive pronouns have two forms. - One form is used before a noun. - The other form is used alone.
ours
yours
theirs
mine
his, hers, its
Used
alone
our
your
their my
his, her, its
Used before nouns
Plural
Singular

19. Possessive Pronouns
ALWAYS REMEMBER: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS do NOT contain an apostrophe. * Possessive its never splits. *It’s - is a contraction standing for it is *Its  no apostrophe is POSSESSIVE Example: I love my book. (Its) characters are funny. *“Its” is a possessive pronoun standing for what noun?

20. Activity 4
Complete p. 703 Exercise 4 to review possessive pronouns.

21. Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronoun A pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing. Example: Does anyone know where Mr. Malloy went? Everyone thought he was hiding in a locker. NOTE: Most indefinite pronouns are either ALWAYS singular or plural.

22. Some Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
Plural
another everybody no one
anybody everyone nothing
anyone everything one
anything much somebody
each neither someone
either nobody something
both
few
many
others
several
SINGULAR or PLURAL
All, any, most, none and some can be singular or plural, depending on the phrase that follows them.

23. Indefinite Pronouns
When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number.
EXAMPLE:
Everyone discusses the dance last Friday. (singular)
Both talk about how fun it was! (plural)
All of the dance was very loud. (singular)
All of the middle school kids were dancing fools. (plural)

24. Some Indefinite Pronouns
Possessive pronouns often have indefinite pronouns as their antecedents. In such cases, the pronouns must agree in number.
Each of the teachers has his or her unique teaching style.
Several have funny conversations with their students.

25. Activity 5 Find the indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.
All of the students in this class are adorable. Each one of them make me very glad. Some of them are talkative, but most of them are very well-behaved. Which is something for which all teachers are grateful.