1. Pronoun Agreement Nominative vs. Objective vs. Possessive Cases

2. Nominative Pronouns SingularPlural 1 st PersonIWe 2 nd PersonYou 3 rd PersonHe She It They

3. Objective Pronouns SingularPlural 1 st personMeUs 2 nd personYou 3 rd personHim Her It Them

4. Possessive Pronouns SingularPlural 1 st personMy Mine Our Ours 2 nd personYour Yours Your Yours 3 rd personHis Her Hers Its Their Theirs

5. When do I use what case? Nominative  When pronoun is subject or a predicate nominative Carlos and he planned the trip. (subject) It was she who led the expedition. (pn) Objective  When pronoun is direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition The group found me after a day-long search. (do) The stranger gave us the treasure map. (io) Midori climbed the mountain with them. (op)

6. When do I use what case? Con’t Possessive Case  To show ownership or relationship  can be used in place of a noun  Can also be used to modify a a noun or gerund Our searching the area led to their recovery. No one objected to his climbing the mountain.  NEVER use a possessive pronoun to modify a participial! We saw (his/him) climbing the mountain.