2. WeWe Us He I She

3. Pronouns A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun or another pronoun.

4. Example 1.Marie went for a walk.  She went for a walk. In the second sentence, she is a pronoun that takes the place of the noun Marie.

5. Antecedents An antecedent is the noun the pronoun replaces or refers to. Jane and Margaret went shopping; they bought a new book at the store. “Jane and Margaret” is the antecedent. “They”is the pronoun that replaces it.

6. Subject Pronoun The subject pronoun is who or what the sentence is about –We played soccer. –“We” is a pronoun and it tells who the sentence is about.

7. Subject Pronouns SingularPlural Iwe Youyou He, she, itthey (who, whoever)

8. 1 Kristina went to the game. ____ brought her little brother with her.

9. Kristina went to the game. She brought her little brother with her.

10. Object Pronoun The object pronoun is a someone or something that receives the action of the subject. –She kicked it. –“It” is a pronoun and “it” is receiving the action- it is being kicked.

11. Object Pronouns SingularPlural meusyou him, her, itthem (whom, whoever)

12. Me and him/her = US She/He and I = WE

13. 2 She forgot to call Jennifer. She forgot to call ______.

14. She forgot to call Jennifer. She forgot to call her.

15. Use I in the subject of the sentence. I want a new coat for Christmas. Larry and I made $1.00 picking up trash.

16. I am hungry. Subject My sister and I had to clean our rooms. Subjects

17. Use me after the action verb. Grandpa helped me chop wood. action verb

18. Choose I or me. (I me) walked to school.

19. I walked to school. Or I walked to it. I = subject School = object

20. Choose I or me. Carol saw ( I me) at the park.

21. Carol saw me at the park. or She saw me at the park Carol/she = subject Me= object

22. Choose I or me. The nurse gave ( I me) a band- aid.

23. The nurse gave me a band-aid. Or She gave it to me. The nurse= subject Me= object The band-aid = indirect object

24. What is the subject: Christina and Miranda danced all night with their college friends

25. They danced all night with them. They= subject pronoun referring to Miranda and Christina Them= object pronoun referring to their friends

26. The teacher gave back the papers to Dylan and (I or me)

27. She gave them back to Dylan and me Or She gave them back to us. The teacher is the subject = she  subject pronoun Dylan and me = objects  object pronouns

28. Comparisons Finish the sentence with the appropriate verb if you are ending a comparison with a pronoun Ex. No one is taller than I (am). Ex. Josh is better at memorizing vocab than she (is).

29. Confused? Here’s why! Josh is better at memorizing vocab than she (is). Josh was the subject, right? Yes, but “She” is also the subject. Because “She” is also completing an action: “She is not as good at memorizing vocab.”

30. When using pronouns in comparisons, make sure you choose the right one by finishing the sentence with the implied verb Sean is a bigger jerk than (she/her) Brenna is a sweeter person than (he/him) Hillary likes English more than (me/I)