Person Pronoun and Possessive Pronoun

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Person Pronoun and Possessive Pronoun

• By Annie Lee
• Period 4
• Year 2007

Peppermint Patty ?
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Personal Pronoun

• Definition used to substitute a noun

Marcie ?
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Personal Pronoun

• 1st person I, Me, My, Mine, We, Us, Our, Ours
• 2nd Person You, Your, Yours
• 3rd Person He, Him, His, She, Her, Hers, They,
  Them, Their, Theirs, It, Its, Who, Whom, Whose
• Used when
• Subjective/Nominative I, You, She, He, They, We,
  It, Who
• Objective Me, You, Him, Her, Them, Us, It, Whom
• Possessive Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Theirs, Ours,
  Its, Whose

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Example

• At first, Sally did not want to go to
  kindergarten because she thought she would
  dislike it.
• she and it are personal pronouns
• she replaces Sally
• it replaces kindergarten

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Personal Pronoun Examples

• Woodstock is a little yellow bird, but he is
  inept at flying.
• he is the personal pronoun
• he replaces Woodstock
• The football is huge but Woodstock tried to kick
  it anyway.
• it is the personal pronoun
• it replaces the football

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Personal Pronoun Examples

• Lucy panicked so she ran away.
• she is the personal pronoun
• she replaces Lucy
• Snoopy likes to sleep on top of the doghouse, so
  Snoopy is almost always seen on top of it.
• it is the personal pronoun
• it replaces the doghouse

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Personal Pronoun Examples

• Franklin ran to kick the football and sent it
  through the air.
• he is the personal pronoun
• he replaces Franklin
• The Peanuts Gang won the game so they carried
  Snoopy and Charlie Brown in triumph.
• they is the personal pronoun
• they replaces the Peanuts gang

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Possessive Pronoun

• Definition used to substitute or modify a noun
  and show possession or ownership

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Possessive Pronoun

• used alone mine, yours, his, hers, ours,
  theirs, whose
• modify noun my, your, his, her, its, our,
  their, whose

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Examples

• Rerun is afraid to ride the backseat of his
  mothers bicycle.
• his is the possessive adjective
• his shows that the mother belongs to him

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Possessive Pronoun Examples

• Schroeder was playing his music angrily.
• his is the possessive pronoun
• his shows that the music belongs to him
• Snoopy is wearing his sunglasses.
• his is the possessive pronoun
• his shows that the sunglasses belong to him

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Possessive Pronoun Examples

• Peppermint Patty is holding her balloon.
• her is the possessive pronoun
• her shows that the balloon belongs to
  Peppermint Patty
• Sally is reading her report.
• her is the possessive adjective
• her shows that the report belongs to Sally

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Possessive Pronoun Examples

• Linus loves his blanket.
• his is the possessive adjective
• his shows that the blanket belongs to Linus
• Rerun is dribbling his basketball.
• his is the possessive adjective
• his shows that the basketball belongs to Rerun.