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Powerful Pronouns Ms. Gott 7th Grade Language Arts Pronoun • A word that can take the place of one or more nouns. • Examples: – Baseball- it – Soldiers- they What a sentence looks like without a pronoun…… Without: “The firefighters described how the firefighters did the firefighters’ jobs.” With: “The firefighters described how they did their jobs.” Personal Pronouns • Pronouns that refer to a person. • Example: – Jessica= she Antecedent • The word or group of words the pronoun takes the place of. • Example: – The book lists inventors. It is fascinating. • Book= Antecedent • It= Pronoun – Aunt Connie is a cook. She bakes pies. • Connie= ??? • She= ??? PERSONAL PRONOUNS Singular First Person Plural I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours Second Person you, your, you, your, yours yours Third Person he, him, his, they, them, she,her, hers, their, theirs it, its You Try!!! • Bryan likes books. _______ collects mysteries. • These books are rare collector’s items. _____ can only be found in specialty shops. 3 Cases of Personal Pronouns • Nominative Pronoun- These pronouns will tell WHO or WHAT the sentence is about. (the subject of the sentence) Singular (I, you, he, she it) Plural ( we, you, they) “I ate marsh-mellow peeps” • Object Pronoun- These pronouns are the: direct object- (after verb) indirect object- (after verb) object of preposition- (after preposition) Singular (me, you, him, her, it) Plural (us, you, them) “You give the apple to her” • Possessive Pronoun- Pronouns that show ownership. BEFORE NOUN Singular Plural my mine your your his, her their its My Car. Her Apple. Its leaves. STANDS ALONE Singular Plural mine ours yours yours his, her theirs its It’s mine. That is ours. Practice • Identify the pronoun case: (Nom., Obj., Pos.) – The audience gave them a standing ovation. – The first one to finish was he. – The yellow house is theirs. – They will need our help. – The notebook is his. – I was born on the same day. – The ghost scared us.