Pronouns: Subjective Objective Possessive Mr. Bruza and Mrs. Baratta

Prior Knowledge The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. The subject comes before the verb. The predicate is the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject A sentence is made up of a subject and predicate. The lost child ran across the street to the police station. Subject – child Predicate – ran across the street to the police station.

Practice Subjects and Predicates In history class we discussed Sacagawea’s role in the Lewis and Clark expedition. 2. Some people can speak both French and English. 3. The cut on Harry’s foot kept him out of the game. 4. At a nearby table sat the actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. 5. Hardly any news reporters were present. 6. The lights in the houses along the shore came on one by one.

Subjective Pronouns A subjective pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence—it performs the action of the verb. The subjective pronouns are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you. Daniel spends ages looking out the window. He spends ages looking out the window. After Lunch, Karie and I went to the planetarium. After lunch, she and I went to the planetarium.

Objective Pronoun An objective pronoun acts as the object of a sentence—it receives the action of the verb. The objective pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us, and you. Cousin Eldred gave me a job. Take a picture of him, not us!

Possessive Pronouns A possessive pronoun tells you who owns something. The possessive pronouns are hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, and yours. The red basket is mine. Yours is on the coffee table.

Singular and Plural Pronouns First person (the person or persons speaking): I, me Second person (person or persons begin spoken to): you Third person (the person or persons being spoken about: he, she, it, him, her, everybody, everyone Plural: First person (the person or persons speaking): we, us Second person (person or persons begin spoken to): you Third person (the person or persons being spoken about: they, them

Personal and Reflective Pronouns

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. The antecedent of a pronoun is the word to which the pronoun refers. The pronoun and its antecedent agree in gender and number.

Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement Practice 1. Jane and Sarah said (she, they) were too tired to skate any longer. 2. Either Bill or John will bring a sample of (his, their) own work. 3. Jane and Jill called (her, their) friend. 4. Either Jane or her friends will present (her, their) project. 5. Neither Mary nor Susan said (she, they) would be there.

Continued. 6. Every student wants to impress (his or her, their) professors. 7. Both John and Jim said (he, they) were not exercising regularly. 8. The jury was asked to return to (its, their) seats. 9. Please remind each student to bring (his or her, their) homework tomorrow. 10. Neither John nor Bob was willing to admit that (he, they) had cheated.