1. Grammar Unit II: Lesson 1.3
Using Objective
Personal Pronouns
Correctly

2. 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

3. Using objective Pronouns
Objective personal pronouns should always be used after
1. an ACTION verb
Tyler hit it out of the park. AV
preposition
2. a PREPOSITION
Larry gave the ball to him.

4. Common prepositions by for from like near of about after before behind
beside
between to
with
without
Suzy gave the paper to her.
Linda sat between him and her.
The story was written by them.

5. Guided Practice
Read each sentence. Underline all verbs twice. Label them AV or LV. Place a box around prepositions. Circle the correct pronoun. LV
1. Between (you and me, you and I), this is easy stuff! AV
2. After class, Gabby gave (she, her) a note. AV
3. The book delighted (us, we) readers. AV
4. The teacher assigned (they, them) homework for Thursday.

6. Subjective & Objective Practice
Read each sentence. Underline all verbs twice. Label them AV or LV. Place a box around prepositions. Circle the correct pronoun. Label it Sub or Obj on the line. AV
Sub
___1. (He, him) and Dana wrote the report. AV
obj
___2. Larry told John and (me, I) about the assignment. LV
sub
___3. The writer of the report was (she, her). AV
obj
___4. The report was challenging for (they, them).