Using Pronouns

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Using Pronouns
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How can Pronouns be grouped?

• We learned last week that pronouns can be grouped
  by first person, second person, and third person.
  
• Pronouns can also be grouped by their cases.

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Cases---English has 3 cases!!!
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Nominative Case

• Examples
• I, we
• You
• He, she, it, they
• Use in a sentence
• Subject of a verb
• Predicate pronoun

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Objective Case

• Examples
• Me, us
• You
• Him, her, it, them
• Use in a sentence
• Direct object
• Indirect object
• Object of preposition

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Possessive Case

• Examples
• My, mine, our , ours
• Your, yours
• His, her, hers, its, their, theirs
• Use in a sentence
• To show ownership

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Assignment

• Exercise 1 on Pg. 540.

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Uses in the Nominative Case

• Subject of a Verb
• Example
• She hopes to be on our team.
• With excitement, they prepare for the game.

• A predicate pronoun
• Example
• It was I who suggested a picnic.
• The players are she and Mark.

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Assignment

• Exercise 2 on Pg. 541.

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Uses in the Objective Case

• Direct Object Use Franks comment on the game
  upset me.
• Indirect Object Use Tell her the good news.
• Object of a Preposition Use The players swarmed
  around me.

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Assignment

• Exercise 3 on Pg. 542.

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Uses in the Possessive Cases

• Only one use, but can be used in two different
  ways
• They can be used before nouns.
• Examples
• The team won its game.
• Chris held my baseball glove.
• They can also be used by themselves (without the
  noun).
• Examples
• Is this marble yours or mine?
• Hers was the best score.

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Assignment

• Exercise 4 on Pg. 543.
• When you finish with this assignment, move on to
  Exercise 5 on Pg. 544 for your next assignment.

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Who or Whom??That is the question.

• Who
• Use who for the subject of a verb or subject of a
  subordinating clause.
• This would be classified as the Nominative Case.
• Examples
• Subject of a verb Who hit the most home runs?
• Subject of a subordinating clause I admire the
  player who hit the most home runs.

• Whom
• Use whom for the direct object of a verb and for
  the object of a preposition.
• This would be classified as the Objective Case.
• Examples
• Direct object Whom did he see at the game?
• Object of Preposition From whom is she getting
  the new softball?

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Assignment

• Exercises 6 and 7 on Pg. 546.