Grammar Unit II: Pronouns Lesson 1 Personal Pronouns (Pronouns that are friendly!)

Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun she Ex: Marcy went to the market, and she bought bread. DEFINITIONs Personal Pronoun: a word that is used to replace a noun that refers to a person or thing she Ex: Marcy went to the market, and she bought bread.

Two cases of personal pronouns include Personal pronouns SUBJECT Subject pronouns are the subject of a verb. They generally appear BEFORE the verb.OBJECT Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb or for whom an action was performed. They generally appear AFTER the verb. She went to the store. Subject pronoun Jordan bought her roses. Object pronoun

!The exception! The exception to this is when the verb is a linking verb (and not an action verb). BASIC LINKING VERBS AM IS ARE WAS WERE BE BEING BEEN The exception? Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs. The best player is she. LINKING VERB SUBJECT PRONOUN

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE What is a pronoun? A word that takes the place of a noun What is a personal pronoun? A word that takes the place of a person or thing Give the seven subject pronouns: I, we, you, she, he, it, they When do you use subject pronouns? When it is the subject of the sentence or AFTER a linking verb List the basic linking verbs? am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE cont. Give the seven object pronouns? me, us, you, her, him, it, them When do you use object pronouns? After action verbs—or to describe who is receiving the action of the verb or to describe for whom the action was performed.