Pronouns

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Pronouns
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Why Use Pronouns?

• Pronouns stand in for nouns, so you dont have to
  repeat yourself.
• Restate the following sentence as if you were
  Kyley

• Kyley broke the window when Kyley hit the
  baseball with Kyleys bat.

• I broke the window when I hit the baseball with
  my bat.

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Antecedents

• Antecendent the noun that the pronoun stands in
  for
• In the following sentences, first identify the
  pronoun. Then identify the antecedent.

• This is the pen he used to write the note.

• This is the pen he used to write the note.

• This is the pen he used to write the note.

• The bat built its home in our attic.

• The bat built its home in our attic.

• The bat built its home in our attic.

• Was that the road we were supposed to take?

• Was that the road we were supposed to take?

• Was that the road we were supposed to take?

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Common Pronoun Dilemmas . . .

• Singular or Plural??
• Singular pronouns only replace singular nouns
• Kathy broke the vase. She was guilty!
• Plural pronouns only replace plural nouns
• Mark and Kathy were playing ball in the house.
  They disobeyed the rules!

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Common Pronoun Dilemmas . . .

• Subjective or Objective?
• I or me?? when there are more than one person
  involved
• I will always be the subject doing the action.
• Tom and I played chess last week.
• Me will always be the object receiving the
  action.
• Catherine let Tom and me play chess at her house.
• ALSO, who will always be the subject and whom
  will always be the object.

Check your answer by taking out the other
persons name and reading the sentence with just
the pronoun to see if its correct!
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Common Pronoun Dilemmas . . .

• Subjective or Objective? (cont.)
• Subjective (Nominative) Case these pronouns are
  used as subjects in a sentence. Also use these in
  the predicate if the pronoun follows a linking
  verb.
• I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• Objective Case these pronouns are used as
  objects in a sentence (usually found after the
  verb, such as a direct object, or as an object of
  the preposition, etc.)
• me, you, him, her, it, us, them

What is wrong with this sentence? "She is so much
taller than him!" Mother said with surprise. How
will you fix it?
What is the correct choice for the blank? A clown
was (he/him). Clue What kind of verb is it?
The answer is A clown was he. Why?
The answer is A clown was he. Why? Because the
verb was is a linking verb.
He is the correct choice "She is so much
taller than he!" Mother said with surprise.
Why is the correct choice he? "She is so much
taller than he (is)!" Mother said with
surprise. He is actually Nominative Case.
him