1. PronounsPronouns Take the place of a noun or another pronoun

2. I. Personal Pronouns most commonly recognized pronouns show person (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd ), number (singular, plural), and case (subject, object, possessive)

3. A.Subject Pronouns used as sentence subject or as predicate noun

4. As a simple subject: Mark called Jill last night. He called Jill last night. As part of a compound subject: Jill and Mark went out. Jill and he went out.

5. As a predicate noun: The girl was Jill. The girl was she. As compound predicate nouns: The students were Jill and Mark. The students were she and he.

6. Subject Pronouns SingularPlural 1 stIwe 2 ndyouyou 3 rdhe, she, itthey

7. B. Object Pronouns used as direct and indirect objects used as objects of prepositions

8. As one direct object: Mark called Jill last night. Mark called her last night. As part of compound direct objects: Jill called Alison and Rachel. Jill called Alison and her. Jill called them.

9. As an indirect object: Rachel told Evan the news. Rachel told him the news. As part of compound indirect object: Rachel told Evan and Dave the news. Rachel told Evan and him the news. Rachel told them the news.

10. As an object of a preposition: Evan is mad at Mark now. Evan is mad at him now. As part of compound object of preposition: Evan is mad at Mark and Jill. Evan is mad at Mark and her. Evan is mad at them.

11. Object Pronouns SingularPlural 1 stmeus 2 ndyouyou 3 rdhim, her, itthem

12. C. Possessive Pronouns used in place of possessive nouns to show ownership or relationship do NOT use apostrophes

13. Some are used like adjectives, and MUST have a noun. Evan thought Jill was his girlfriend. Jill knew she wasn’t their girlfriend. Some stand alone in the sentence. Evan thought Jill was his. Jill knew she wasn’t theirs.

14. Possessive Pronouns SingularPlural 1 st my/mineour/ours 2 nd your/yoursyour/yours 3 rd his, its,their/theirs her/hers