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

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

3. Two cases of personal pronouns include
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.
Jordan bought her roses.
Subject pronoun
Object pronoun

4. Personal pronouns SUBJECT PRONOUNS I you she, he, it we they
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Singular I
you
she, he, it
Plural we
they

5. Practice
Directions: Identify the subjective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
P-3rd
____ 1. They went to the basketball game.
P-1st
____ 2. In June, we will start summer vacation.
S-3rd
____ 3. He took French class in ninth grade.
P-2rd
____ 4. You all will have a quiz on pronouns.

6. Personal pronouns OBJECT PRONOUNS me you her, him, it us them
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Singular me
you
her, him, it
Plural us
them

7. Practice
Directions: Identify the objective pronoun in each sentence. On the line label is at S (singular) or P (plural) and 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
S-3rd
____ 1. Skylar gave her roses.
P-1st
____ 2. The teacher gave us an assignment.
P-3rd
____ 3. The was sent to them yesterday.
P-2rd
____ 4. I told you all about the quiz.

8. Subject pronouns are used AFTER these verbs.
!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.
SUBJECT PRONOUN
The best player is she.
LINKING VERB

9. Practice
Directions: Underline the pronoun in each sentence. Above each pronoun write SUB (subjective) or OBJ (objective). On the line label S or P. Then 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
SUB
s-3rd
____ 1. She put on the mittens.
SUB
p-3rd
____ 2. They were black with white snowflakes.
OBJ
p-3rd
____ 4. Marcy’s mother gave them to her.
SUB
s-3rd
____ 5. Marcy feels the best mother in the world is she.
OBJ
p-2rd
____ 2. The teacher will give you all a quiz soon.

10. 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

11. 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.