Pronouns

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Pronouns
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Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one
  or more nouns.
• Pro- means for (standing FOR a noun)

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Personal Pronouns

• Pronouns that are used to refer to people or
  things are called personal pronouns.
• Examples he, she, it

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Subject Pronouns

• A subject pronoun is used as the
• subject of a sentence. The subject is WHO or
  WHAT the sentence is about.
• She is my sister.
• It is my hat.
• Does he have a dog.
• You and I go to the movie.

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Object Pronouns

• An object pronoun is a personal pronoun in the
  objective case. It is used as the direct or
  inderect object of a verb. Object pronouns will
  never be the subject of the sentence.
• Give the pencil to me.
• The teacher gave her a referral.
• I will tell you a secret.
• Hannah read it to them.

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List of Personal Pronouns

• Singular Plural
• I we
• you you
• he, she, it they

Subject Pronouns
me us you you him, her, it them

Object Pronouns
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Using Pronouns Correctly

• How do you know when to use me or I, we or us?
• 1. Use a Subject Pronoun as a subject
• 2. Use Object pronoun as object of the verb
• Examples (Circle the correct pronoun listed)
• SUBJECT-
• She owns a collection of books.
• INDIRECT OBJECT-
• He told her an amusing story.
• DIRECT OBJECT-
• The fable entertained us.

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Using Pronouns Correctly

• When in a pair (Susan and I)
• Always take the pronoun OUT of the pair
• to see which pronoun is the correct one to
  use.
• EXAMPLES
• Richard and (I or me) recited the story.
• Jennifer helped Richard and (I or me).
• Read sentence without the words that the pronoun
  is paired with to see what works.

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Using Pronouns Correctly

• When using a pronoun in a pair
• ALWAYS put the pronoun second
• Seth and I read some comic books.
• (Not I and Seth)
• Science interests Mike and me.
• (Not me and Mike).

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Using Pronouns Correctly

• In formal writing and speech
• use a subject pronoun after a linking verb.
• RIGHT ? The winner is she.
• NOT ? She is the winner.

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PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• Antecedent-
• The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers
  to
• Example
• Tyler read The Hungry Caterpillar. He
  found it exciting.
• ANTECEDENT of he ? ___________________
• ANTECEDENT of exciting ? __________________

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PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS

• RULE FOR PRONOUNS and ANTECEDENTS
• Pronoun must agree with antecedent in number
  (singular or plural) and gender.
• The gender of a noun may be masculine (male),
  feminine (female), or neuter (referring to
  things).

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Possessive Pronouns

• Possessive Pronoun
• A pronoun that shows who or what has something.
• NOTE
• A possessive pronoun may take the place of
  a possessive noun.

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Possessive Pronouns

• Examples
• Matts shoe is too small.
• Replace noun with possessive pronoun.
• _______ shoe is too small.
• Mikes homework is perfect.
• Possesive Noun- __________
• Replace with pronoun- _________
• ________ homework is perfect.

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Possessive Pronouns

• Possessive pronouns have two forms.
• - One form is used before a noun.
• - The other form is used alone.

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Possessive Pronouns

• ALWAYS REMEMBER
• POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS do NOT contain an apostrophe.
• Possessive its never splits.
• Its -? is a contraction standing for
  it is
• Its ? no apostrophe is POSSESSIVE
• Example
• I love my book. (Its) characters are funny.
• Its is a possevive pronoun standing for
  what noun?

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Indefinite Pronouns

• indefinite pronoun
• A pronoun that does not refer to a particular
  person, place, or thing.
• Example
• Does anyone know where Mr. Malloy went?
• Everyone thought he was hiding in a locker.
• NOTE
• Most indefinite pronouns are either ALWAYS
  singular or plural.

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Some Indefinite Pronouns
Singular Plural
another everybody no one anybody everyone nothing anyone everything one anything much somebody each neither someone either nobody something both few many others several
SINGULAR or PLURAL All, any, most, none and some
can be singular or plural, depending on the
phrase that follows them.
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Indefinite Pronouns
When an indefinite pronoun is used as the
subject, the verb must agree with it in
number. EXAMPLE Everyone discusses the dance
last Friday. (singular) Both talk about how fun
it was! (plural) All of the dance was very loud.
(singular) All of the middle schoolers were
dancing fools. (plural)
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Some Indefinite Pronouns
Possessive pronouns often have indefinite
pronouns as their antecedents. In such cases,
the pronouns must agree in number. Each of the
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