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Pronouns
Pronouns
What is a Pronoun?
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Why It Matters
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Why It Matters
Pronouns help you talk about people concisely
when you’re telling a story.
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Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that is
used in place of a noun.
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There are first-person,
second-person, and
third-person personal
pronouns, each having both
singular and plural forms.
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Each personal pronoun
forms three cases:
subject, object, and
possessive.
(Today we are talking
about subjective and
objective!)
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Singular
I went out.
Plural
We left early.
FIRST PERSON
FIRST PERSON
You left too.
You are leaving.
SECOND PERSON
He came by bus.
THIRD PERSON
SECOND PERSON
They came by car.
THIRD PERSON
Questions to identify subjective and
objective pronouns:
Subject- The subject performs the
action of the sentence! (Usually before
the verb.)
Objective- The action happens to an
object. (Usually after the verb.)
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Choose the pronoun form depending on
the pronoun’s function in the sentence.
He read about Death Valley.
SUBJECT
Julie asked him about the rocks.
OBJECT
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. We went to see my aunt Sally last
night.
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. We went to see my aunt Sally last
night. (Subjective)
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. I can’t wait to visit them later!
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. I can’t wait to visit them later!
(I is subjective; them is objective.)
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. Why don’t you go to see her?
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. Why don’t you go to see her?
(You is subjective; her is objective)
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. She and I went to the movies.
Practice and Apply
Write the personal pronoun in the
sentence below. Is it subjective or
objective?
1. She and I went to the movies.
(She and I are subjective pronouns)
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The word that a pronoun refers
to is called its antecedent.
Ramon visited Death Valley, and he
was impressed.
Helpful hint: In prepositional phrases,
always use OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS.
Helpful hint: When you’re not sure if
you mean “I” or “me,” just think about
what you would say if you were the only
one in the sentence!
What you want to say: My dad took my brothers and I/me
to the movies.
If you don’t know which word to use, try splitting up the
sentence like this:
1. My dad took my brothers to the movies. 2. My dad took
I/me to the movies.
When you split up the sentence and get yourself alone, it’s
much easier to see that you mean to say “me.”
My dad took I to the movies. My dad took me to the
movies.
Now put those two sentences back together:
My dad took my brothers and me to the movies.
Let’s try another sentence:
My brothers and I/me had a great time at the movies.
Split it up:
1. My brothers had a great time at the movies.
2. 2. I/Me had a great time at the movies.
Me had a great time at the movies. I had a great time at the
movies, so…
My brothers and I had a great time at the movies.
Remember: When you’re not sure if you mean “I” or “me,”
just think about what you would sayif you were the only one
in the sentence!
NO MEANNESS!!
• No ‘MEAN’ People! (Me+and)
• Put yourself last!
• Example: Me and Timmy went to
the park.
• Example:
• Timmy took me and Dad to the
park.
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS
WHAT DOES ‘POSSESS’
OR ‘POSSESSIVE’ MEAN?
WHAT ARE POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS?
• Words that take the place of a noun
• Words that show ownership
• No apostrophes!! (Unlike possessive
nouns)
His
Her(s)
Its
Their(s)
Our(s)
Your, Yours
My, Mine
WHICH WORD(S) CAN
WE REPLACE?
• Morgan’s favorite food is spaghetti.
• That candy bar is Jordan’s.
• Tyler and Jack’s school is called Durbin.
• The pink blanket belongs to me.
• Thomas and my neighborhood is called
Deer Path.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Those books are Isabelle
and Claire’s.
•Those books are _______.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Those books are Isabelle
and Claire’s.
•Those books are theirs
_______.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•The pictures are Jenny’s
•The pictures are _______.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•The pictures are Jenny’s
•The pictures are _______.
hers
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Cameron’s dog is big and
yellow.
•_______ dog is big and
yellow.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Cameron’s dog is big and
yellow.
His
•_______
dog is big and
yellow.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•She is Katie and my
teacher.
•She is _______ teacher.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•She is Katie and my
teacher.
•She is _______
our teacher.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•The sweatshirt belongs to
me.
•The sweatshirt is _______.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•The sweatshirt belongs to
me.
mine
•The sweatshirt is _______.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Caroline’s sister is in 2nd
grade.
•_______ sister is in 2nd
grade.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Lindsey and Macy’s moms
are best friends.
•_______ moms are best
friends.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Michael, John, and my
favorite game to play at
recess is football.
•_______ favorite game to
play at recess is football.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•Carter’s bedroom is
painted blue.
•_______ bedroom is
painted blue.
LET’S PRACTICE!
•I have a green backpack.
•_______ backpack is
green.
Pronouns
Pronoun Agreement
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Why It Matters
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Antecedent
The antecedent is the noun or
pronoun that a pronoun
replaces or refers to.
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Use a singular pronoun to refer to a
singular antecedent.
One story has its setting in Egypt.
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Use a plural pronoun to refer to a
plural antecedent.
The characters have their motives for murder.
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The pronoun must agree in person
with the antecedent.
Louis likes his mysteries to
have surprise endings.
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The gender of the pronoun must be the
same as the gender of its antecedent.
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Personal pronouns have three gender forms:
• masculine he, his, him
• feminine she, her, hers
• neuter it, its
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Agatha Christie sets many of her
her
stories in England.
The hero has to use all his
wits to solve the crime.
Why It Matters
In your writing, you will
sometimes refer to several
people or groups of people.
Correct pronoun-antecedent
agreement will help your
readers keep track of who is
who in your writing.
Practice and Apply
Write the pronouns and their antecedents
in these sentences.
4. Agatha Christie loved real-life
mysteries of the past. She helped to
investigate them in the Middle East.
Practice and Apply
Write the pronouns and their antecedents
in this sentence.
5. Agatha Christie and her husband
went on many archaeological trips
and found them exciting.
Practice and Apply
Write the pronouns and their antecedents
in this sentence.
6. A mystery writer may use exotic
places and backgrounds for his or
her stories.
Practice and Apply
Write the pronouns and their antecedents
in this sentence.
7. Christie started Murder in
Mesopotamia in the desert, but she
finished it in England.