Grammar Unit II: Pronouns Lesson 1 Personal Pronouns (Pronouns that are friendly!)

DEFINITIONs Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun Ex: Marcy went to the market, and she bought bread. 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 she bought bread.

Two cases of personal pronouns include SUBJECT Subject pronouns are the subject of a verb. They generally appear BEFORE the verb. OBJECT 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. Jordan bought her roses. Subject pronoun Object pronoun

Personal pronouns SUBJECT PRONOUNS I you she, he, it we they First Person Second Person Third Person Singular I you she, he, it Plural we they

Practice Directions: Identify the subjective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person. P-3rd ____ 1. They went to the basketball game. P-1st ____ 2. In June, we will start summer vacation. S-3rd ____ 3. He took French class in ninth grade. P-2rd ____ 4. You all will have a quiz on pronouns.

Personal pronouns OBJECT PRONOUNS me you her, him, it us them First Person Second Person Third Person Singular me you her, him, it Plural us them

Practice Directions: Identify the objective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person. S-3rd ____ 1. Skylar gave her roses. P-1st ____ 2. The teacher gave us an assignment. P-3rd ____ 3. The email was sent to them yesterday. P-2rd ____ 4. I told you all about the quiz.

Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs. !The exception! The exception to this is when the verb is a linking verb (and not an action verb). BASIC LINKING VERBS AM IS ARE WAS WERE BE BEING BEEN The exception? Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs. SUBJECT PRONOUN The best player is she. LINKING VERB

Practice Directions: 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. SUB s-3rd ____ 1. She put on the mittens. SUB p-3rd ____ 2. They were black with white snowflakes. OBJ p-3rd ____ 4. Marcy’s mother gave them to her. SUB s-3rd ____ 5. Marcy feels the best mother in the world is she. OBJ p-2rd ____ 2. The teacher will give you all a quiz soon.

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.