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Title: Personal Pronouns


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Personal Pronouns
  • Nominative, Objective, and Possessive

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Nominative Personal Pronouns
  • Nominative pronouns are used for subjects and
    predicate nominatives (after a linking verb).
  • Subject Example
  • She wants to help the boss.
  • Kathy and he went to work.

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Predicate pronouns
  • Predicate pronoun a pronoun that follows a
    linking verb.
  • Linking verbs are forms of be am, is, was, were,
    be, will be
  • Predicate pronouns are nominative pronouns. The
    predicate pronouns is usually the same thing as
    the subject.

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  • Predicate Nominative Examples
  • It is she who does not want the pie.
  • It was he knocking on my door.
  • Incorrect The winners are Maria and her.
  • Correct The winners are Maria and she.

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  • Incorrect This is her.
  • Correct This is she.
  • Predicate Pronoun Tip Reverse the pronoun and
    the subject. The predicate pronouns is usually
    the same thing as the subject.
  • Example
  • He was the visitor.
  • The visitor was he.

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  • Incorrect He tried to squeeze in between you and
    I.
  • Correct He tried to squeeze in between you and
    me.

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Objective Personal Pronouns
  • Objective pronouns are used for objects of verbs
  • Example Jane will lend him the book.
  • Example Ms. Gumbs has given us a lot of
    homework. Yay!!

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Possessive Personal Pronouns
  • Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership.
  • Example His mother was not home.
  • Example That book is mine.
  • Example The cashier lost their money.

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Determine the pronoun case
  • 1. My book is on the shelf.
  • 2. She did not go to after school help.
  • 3. There is a lot of animosity between Kevin and
    her.
  • 4. The college student influenced her decision to
    apply to the school.
  • 5. It is he on the phone.
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