Pronoun Review Singular PRONOUN vs. Plural PRONOUNS A singular pronoun takes the place of a singular noun. The girl went to the store. Girl is a singular noun. She went to the store. The pronoun she takes the place of the noun, girl. She is a singular pronoun. A plural pronoun takes the place of a plural noun or more than one noun. The cats played with the yarn. Cats is a plural noun. They played with the yarn. The pronoun they takes the place of the noun cats. They is a plural pronoun.

Singular and Plural Pronoun Review We ate all of the candy in the bag. Where did they go last night? I like to listen to classical music. Jenna will come to the movies with us. Joey told me a funny story. Her favorite food is pizza. Tomorrow, they will fly to Chicago. That car is old, and it doesn't run well. Haven't we been here before?

Singular and Plural Pronoun Review We ate all of the candy in the bag. plural Where did they go last night? plural I like to listen to classical music. singular Jenna will come to the movies with us. plural Joey told me a funny story. singular Her favorite food is pizza. singular Tomorrow, they will fly to Chicago. plural That car is old, and it doesn't run well. singular Haven't we been here before? plural

Singular/Plural Nouns   Singular Plural First Person I we Second Person you Third Person he/she/it they

Rule 9 – Subject and Object Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The antecedent is the NOUN that is being replaced. A subject pronoun takes the place of the subject noun. An object pronoun takes the place of a predicate noun.

Examples (antecedent) Katrina Van Tassel owned fourteen dresses, eighteen necklaces, and thirty rings. She owned fourteen dresses, eighteen necklaces, and thirty rings. (Katrina is the antecedent).

Examples The Headless Horseman chased Ichabod. The Headless Horseman chased him. Antecedent: Ichabod

Milestone Practice A sneeze is you’re bodys weigh of getting rid of irritants. Did you no that its impossible to sneeze and kept your eyes open at the same time. Thre are about fifty bones in a pare of human foots the doctor explained.

Milestone Practice A sneeze is your body’s way of getting rid of irritants. Did you know that it’s impossible to sneeze and kept your eyes open at the same time? “There are about 50 bones in a pair of human feet,” the doctor explained.

Antecedent Practice 1. The car has a leak in its transmission.   2. The cow twitched its tail at the fly.  3. Lacey goes to Hockey Homeland every Tuesday to watch them practice.  4. My aunt asked me to catch her dog.  5. The audience clapped its hands.  6. The audience applauded her performance. 

Antecedent Practice 1. The car has a leak in its transmission. (car)   2. The cow twitched its tail at the fly.  (cow) 3. Lacey goes to Hockey Homeland every Tuesday to watch them practice.  (the hockey team) 4. My aunt asked me to catch her dog.  (aunt) 5. The audience clapped its hands.  (audience) 6. The audience applauded her performance.  (the performer)

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