Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Pronoun Types Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, Form B John Langan

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Pronoun Types Let’s take a look at three types of pronouns: Subject and Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Subject and Object Pronouns are the subjects of verbs.Iyou he, she, it wethey are the objects of verbs or prepositions.me you (no change) him, her, it (no change) usthem

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Subject Pronouns are the subjects of verbs.Examples: I am about to leave. You shouldn’t do that. She told you so. We agree with her. They do, too. There are a few rules to keep in mind about subject pronouns: Rule 1: Use a subject pronoun in spots where you have more than one subject....

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Subject Pronouns Rule 1: Use a subject pronoun in spots where you have more than one subject.... Incorrect: My sister and me are about to go to Spain.Correct: My sister and I are about to go to Spain. Hint: Separate the pronouns. You wouldn’t say, “Me am about to go to Spain.” Would you?

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Subject Pronouns Rule 2: Use a subject pronoun after forms of the verb “be.” Incorrect: It is him.Correct: It is he. Hint: Reword the sentence: He is here.

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Subject Pronouns Rule 3: Use a subject pronoun after than or as. Incorrect: We don’t need as much attention as them.Correct: We don’t need as much attention as they. Hint: Mentally add the “missing” verb at the end: We don’t need as much attention as they (do).

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Object Pronouns......are the objects of verbs or prepositions. Incorrect: I loaned ten dollars to his wife and he. The pronoun here is the object of the preposition “to.” Correct: I loaned ten dollars to his wife and him. Hint: Try the pronoun by itself: I loaned ten dollars to him.

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Relative Pronouns......refer to someone or something already mentioned in the sentence, and start a word group that gives additional information about that person or thing. Examples: -The only person who loves me lives in Dallas. -This is the book that Dr. Brown assigned last week. A list of relative pronouns: whowhich whosethat whom

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Relative Pronouns... Here are some things to keep in mind about relative pronouns: Whose means belonging to whom. Ex. This is the man whose car I wrecked. Who, whose and whom all refer to people, which refers to things, and that can refer to either people or things. Ex. There is the man who always makes mistakes. He might lose the job that he got last month. Who is a subject pronoun. Ex. I heard he was the man who won the lottery. Whom is an object pronoun. Use it as an object of a verb or preposition. Ex. Yes, that is the man to whom the lottery will be sending millions of dollars.

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Possessive Pronouns show ownership or possession. Here’s a list of my, mineour, ours your, yoursyour, yours histheir, theirs her, hers its Note: A possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Possessive Pronouns... Note: A possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe Incorrect: That BMW is hers’.Correct: That BMW is hers.

Pronoun Types Sentence Skills, Form B, 7E©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Demonstrative Pronouns point to or single out a person or thing. There are four thisthese thatthose Rules of thumb: This and these refer to things close at hand. That and those refer to things farther away.