Personal Pronouns PRONOUN - Takes the place of a noun ANTECEDENT – The noun being replaced by a pronoun The most common pronouns are called PERSONAL PRONOUNS. They refer people or things Pronouns MUST agree with the antecedent in regard to NUMBER and GENDER.
Pronoun Cases Subject Object Possessive Pronoun Case Function in Sentence Examples: Sing. Plural Subject Predicate Nominative I We You You He They She It Object Direct Object Indirect Object Object of the Prep. Me Us You You Him Them Her Possessive To show possession My, Mine Our, Ours Your(s) Your(s) His Their(s) Her(s) Its
Subject Case Pronouns I, You, He, She, It, We, They Used to replace either a subject or a predicate nominative Examples: Ted bought a new car. He bought a new car. (Used as the subject) The car owner is Ted. The car owner is he. (Used as a Pred. Nominative)
Object Case Pronouns Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them Used to replace either an object: Direct Object, Indirect Object, or Object of the Preposition Examples: Ted asked Suzy for a date. Ted asked her for a date. (Direct Object) Ted bought Suzy a gift. Ted bought her a gift. (Indirect Object) Ted gave the gift to Suzy. Ted gave the gift to her. (Obj. of Prep.)
Basically….. You have 2 cases packed You can ONLY use contents found in each case based on your current location in the sentence! Object Case DO, IO, or Obj. Of Prep. Subject Case Subject or Pred. Nom. I, You, He, She, It, We, They Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them