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Pronouns

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. Pro- means for (standing FOR a noun) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xgNzxK7jg

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

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.

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.

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

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c. Bob is my classmate. d. My teachers are from the USA. 1. Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined words with a personal pronoun: WE, YOU, THEY, HE, SHE. Don’t use contractions (aren't, isn't, he's, she's, etc) in your answers. a. Mary and I are students. b. Melissa isn't an engineer. Melissa is an architect. c. Bob is my classmate. d. My teachers are from the USA. e. Are Melissa and Pamela from England? f. Tommy, Bob and I are neighbors. g. Is Paul a dentist? h. You and Fred aren't from Italy. i. Louise is not my mother's friend. j. Are you and I good friends?

Activity 1 Complete the Personal Pronoun Worksheet Review as a class

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 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.

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.

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).

ACTIVITY 2 Complete the Pick the Pronoun Worksheet Review as a class

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  __________________

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).

ACTIVITY 3 Complete WS p. 17 for Review

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.

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.

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

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 possevive pronoun standing for what noun?

Activity 4 Complete WS p. 18 to review possessive pronouns

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.

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.

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 schoolers were dancing fools. (plural)

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.

Activity 5 Complete WS p. 19 reviewing Indefinite pronouns

Interrogative Pronouns who, whom, what, which, whose

Demonstrative Pronouns this, that, these, those

Practice Find the pronouns in the following sentences. 1. He suggested that they clean up Wilmington Statue for their community service project. __________ __________ _______________ 2. They water-skied on Lake Erie. __________ 3. Who was it you said vacationed in Canada all last month? __________ _________ _________ 4. The teacher asked her to report on that later. __________ __________ 5. The address on that clearly read Mexico.

6. Whose book is that. _____________ ___________ 7 6. Whose book is that? _____________ ___________ 7. Her story was about someone fleeing from a building. __________ __________ 8. Either is fine with me. _________ __________ 9. The factory blew into a thousand pieces, but no one heard it. 10. Mary was so excited that she ran all the way home. _________ 11. Someone found Hemingway's journal after his death. 12. Tractors are good for young boys and girls who want to practice their driving skills.