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Pronoun Study Sheet: Types of pronouns: First Person Second Person Third Person Personal Pronouns Singular I, me, my, mine you, your, yours he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its Plural we, us, our, ours you, your, yours hey , them, their, theirs he, she, it Personal Pronouns Singular Objective Case Possessive Case me my, mine you your, yours his, her, hers, its him, her, it Nominative Case we you they Personal Pronouns Plural Objective Case us you them Nominative Case I you Possessive Case our, ours your, yours their, theirs A predicate nominative is in the nominative case. (A predicate nominative follows a linking verb and explains or identifies the subject of the verb. A personal pronoun used as a predicate nominative follows a form of the verb be (am, is, are, was, were, be, been) Ex. The fastest runners are she and I. *To help you choose the correct form of a pronoun used as a predicate nominative, remember that the pronoun could just as well be used as the subject in the sentence. (The sentence above could have been written as She and I are the fastest runners.) A direct object, indirect object and object of the preposition are in the objective case. Ex. Evan surprised us. Bring the ball to me. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns myself, ourselves First Person yourself, yourselves Second Person himself, herself, itself, themselves Third Person A reflexive pronoun must refer to another noun of pronoun in the sentence. Ex. Janet and (I, myself) prefer chocolate ice cream. (A reflexive pronoun should never be used as a subject. Reflexive Pronouns can be used as objects. Ex. I can do the problem by myself. Demonstrative Pronouns this, that, these, those This is my book. – Demonstrative pronoun This book is mine. - Demonstrative adjective Interrogative Pronouns what , which, who, whom, whose What is the largest planet in our solar system? asks a question; is a pronoun Singular Indefinite Pronouns anybody, anyone, each, either, everybody, everyone, neither, nobody, no one, one, somebody, someone Pronouns like each and one are frequently followed by prepositional phrases. Remember that the verb agrees with the subject of the sentence, not with a word in a prepositional phrase. Everyone was invited to the birthday party. Each of the boys is going to the birthday party. Plural Indefinite Pronouns both, few, many, several Both of the answers are correct. May be Either Singular or Plural All, any, most, none, some The number of the indefinite pronoun all, any, most, none or some is determined by the number of a word in the prepositional phrase that follows-the word that the pronoun refers to. Indefinite pronouns that refer to singular words take singular verbs, and indefinite pronouns that refer to plural words take plural verbs. All of the pears look ripe. Compound Antecedents: A plural pronoun is used to refer to two or more antecedents joined by and. My mother and father send their regards. A singular pronouns is used to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or nor. Sam or Adam will bring his football. Who and Whom The pronoun who has different forms in the nominative and objective cases. Who is the nominative form; whom is the objective form. When deciding whether to use who or whom in a question, follow these steps: Step 1: Rephrase the question as a statement. Step 2: Decide how the pronoun is used in the statement – as subject, predicate nominative, object of the verb, or object of a preposition. Step 3: Determine the case of the pronoun. Step 4: Select the correct form of the pronoun. Example: (Who, Whom) were you talking about? Step 1: The statement is You were talking about (who, whom). Step 2: The subject is you, the verb is were talking, and the pronoun is an object of a preposition. Step 3. A pronoun used as an object of a preposition should be in the objective case. Step 4: The objective form is whom. Answer: Whom were you talking about? Ms. Williams’ suggestion: I substitute he for who and him for whom to see which pronoun fits in the sentence