Grammar Unit - Using Pronouns Correctly
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Ch. 10: Using Pronouns Correctly!
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Date: _____________________!
Mrs. Higgins ~ 8
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Class color: ___________________!
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Three Cases
Nominative Case
Objective Case
Possessive Case
Singular
I!
me!
my, mine!
Pronouns
you!
you!
your, yours!
he, she, it
him, her, it
his, her, hers, its
Plural Pronouns
we!
us!
our, ours!
you!
you!
your, yours!
they
them
their, theirs
Usage
The SUBJECT(S) of a sentence .
The OBJECT(S) of a sentence.!
Possession or Ownership of an item
1. Direct Object = tells who or what receives
(NOUN)
the action of the ______________ .!
2. Indirect Object = tells to whom or to what
the ________________ is being done.
Hints
• will almost always be at the BEGINNING
• will be AFTER the verb/verb phrase (END or
• will always be followed by a NOUN when
of a sentence (except in Questions)!
MIDDLE of a sentence)!
Pronoun is in the Possessive Case, BUT
• to choose the correct pronoun when you
• to choose the correct pronoun when you have
see Tricky situations below!
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have a compound subject, say each
a compound indirect object, say each pronoun
• NEVER use apostrophes
pronoun separately in the sentence
separately in the sentence
Examples &
I
it
his
like seltzer. (“I” is the subject)!
Wendy gave
to her dog, Nana.!
Jack is having
iPad repaired.
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Practice
____________Inbox had too many emails.!
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_______ and _______ do not like Gatorade.!
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She fed ______________ a bone.!
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Do you know _____________ address?!
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____________ are going to the dance!!
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Hiba took ____________ to the party.!
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Tricky (Can be Subject, Predicate , or
Tricky!
Tricky (See Hints above)!
Object)!
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(Sometimes the Nominative Case is in
The class elected ___________ and
the Predicate.)!
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____________ to be Student Council
Your iPad and __________ are broken.!
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representatives.!
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The last one to leave was _____________ .!
This jacket is _______________ .!
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(HINT: Reverse it
_______________ was
Liz helped Diana and _____________ clean the
the last one to leave.)!
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cafeteria.!
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We painted ____________ today.!
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The first people to eat were ____________ .
Greta and Alicia won the lottery, and the
We gave _____________ to the neighbors.
(Reverse it)
winnings will be divided equally between
____________ and ___________ .
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