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PRONOUNS
Helpful Hints:
1. If the pronoun for which you are looking is at the beginning of the sentence, chances
are that pronoun will be the SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE; if so, that pronoun must
be in the NOMINATIVE CASE!!
Ex: (He, Him) went to the movies with the pretty girl.
2. If the pronoun for which you are looking is NOT at the beginning of the sentence (or
it is clearly not the subject of the sentence), you must FIND THE VERB!
3. If the verb is a LINKING VERB, the noun or pronoun that follows it is the PREDICATE
NOMINATIVE; that pronoun must therefore be in the NOMINATIVE CASE!!!
Ex: It was (she, her) who went to the dance with the hot guy!
4. If the verb is an ACTION VERB, you must go through your questioning process to
find the correct pronoun:
Direct Object= Action verb + “What/Whom?”= noun or pronoun
Indirect Object= Action verb+ Direct Object+ “To/For
Whom/What?”= noun or pronoun
Ex: Tom gave (he, him) a chance to confess to the crime. (“chance” is the direct
object; “him” is the indirect object!)
**IN ORDER TO HAVE AN INDIRECT OBJECT, THERE MUST BE A
DIRECT OBJECT!!!
5. If you still haven’t figured out what the pronoun might be, LOOK FOR THE MAGIC
WORD…PREPOSITIONS. The noun or pronoun associated with the preposition
is called the OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION!!!
Ex: I went to the mall with (she, her) and (they, them).