Grammar Unit II: Pronouns

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Grammar Unit II Pronouns

• Lesson 1
• Personal Pronouns
• (Pronouns that are friendly!)

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DEFINITIONs

• Pronoun a word that is used to replace a noun
• Ex Marcy went to the market, and she bought
  bread.

Personal Pronoun a word that is used to replace
a noun that refers to a person or thing
Ex Marcy went to the market, and she bought
bread.
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Personal pronouns

• Two cases of personal pronouns include

SUBJECT Subject pronouns are the subject of a
verb. They generally appear BEFORE the verb.
OBJECT Object pronouns are the receiver of the
action of the verb or for whom an action was
performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb.
She went to the store.
Jordan bought her roses.
Subject pronoun
Object pronoun
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Personal pronouns
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
First Person Second Person Third Person
Singular I you she, he, it
Plural we you they
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Practice
Directions Identify the subjective pronoun in
each sentence. On the line label is at S
(singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
person.
P-3rd
____ 1. They went to the basketball game.
P-1st
____ 2. In June, we will start summer vacation.
S-3rd
____ 3. He took French class in ninth grade.
P-2rd
____ 4. You all will have a quiz on pronouns.
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Personal pronouns
OBJECT PRONOUNS
First Person Second Person Third Person
Singular me you her, him, it
Plural us you them
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Practice
Directions Identify the objective pronoun in
each sentence. On the line label is at S
(singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
person.
S-3rd
____ 1. Skylar gave her roses.
P-1st
____ 2. The teacher gave us an assignment.
P-3rd
____ 3. The email was sent to them yesterday.
P-2rd
____ 4. I told you all about the quiz.
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!The exception!
The exception to this is when the verb is a
linking verb (and not an action verb).
BASIC LINKING VERBS AM IS ARE WAS WERE BE BEING BE
EN
The exception? Subject pronouns are used AFTER
these verbs.
SUBJECT PRONOUN
The best player is she.
LINKING VERB
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Practice
Directions Underline the pronoun in each
sentence. Above each pronoun write SUB
(subjective) or OBJ (objective). On the line
label S or P. Then 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
SUB
s-3rd
____ 1. She put on the mittens.
SUB
p-3rd
____ 2. They were black with white snowflakes.
OBJ
p-3rd
____ 4. Marcys mother gave them to her.
SUB
s-3rd
____ 5. Marcy feels the best mother in the world
is she.
OBJ
p-2rd
____ 2. The teacher will give you all a quiz
soon.
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TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

• What is a pronoun?

A word that takes the place of a noun
What is a personal pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a person or thing
Give the seven subject pronouns
I, we, you, she, he, it, they
When do you use subject pronouns?
When it is the subject of the sentence or AFTER a
linking verb
List the basic linking verbs?
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
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TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE cont.

• Give the seven object pronouns?

me, us, you, her, him, it, them
When do you use object pronouns?
After action verbsor to describe who is
receiving the action of the verb or to describe
for whom the action was performed.