1. Subjective and Objective Pronouns

2. Drill - Pronouns Homework: Complete the handout on Pronouns. Drill: In Romeo and Juliet, find one line that uses thou (as a subject) and one line that uses thee (as an object). Record the lines.

3. Subject and Object What is a subject? A subject is doing the action. Doug kissed Mary. Who is doing the kissing? Doug. What is an object? The object receives the action. Doug kissed Mary Who/what is receiving the kiss? Mary.

4. Subject and Object Pronoun Doug kissed Mary. If you were to replace Doug with a pronoun, what would it be and why? ____ kissed Mary. If you were going to replace Mary with a pronoun, what would it be and why? _____ kissed ______.

5. Subject Pronoun A subject pronoun is the subject of the sentence. Example: After five years, I was still in school. What is the subject pronoun? “I”

6. Object Pronoun Object pronouns receive the action. Example: I helped him tie his shoe. Who is receiving the help? “Him”

7. Subjective versus Objective Subjective Objective IMe HeHim SheHer TheyThem WeUsYouIt

8. Object Pronoun It can also be the object of a preposition. Example: I never heard anything but good stories about him. About is ______ word. (hint: any way a mouse can go about a house) About him is a __________ phrase. “him” is an object of a preposition.

9. Some Preposition Words aboutbelowoff abovebeneathon acrossbeside(s)onto afterbetweenout againstbeyondover alongbutinside amongbysince arounddownthrough at duringinto because ofexceptlike beforefornear behindfromof outsideinto overtowarduntil withunderup pastwithoutupon

10. Objective pronoun in a prepositional phrase… Example: I never heard anything but good stories about him. What happens if the example said: I never heard anything but good stories about Craig and Brett. What pronoun replaces Craig? What pronoun replaces Brett? Rule: Anytime you have a prepositional phrase, the personal pronoun is objective.

11. Which pronoun do I use? When do you use a subject pronoun? When the pronoun is doing the action. When do you use an object pronoun? When the pronoun is receiving the action. OR When it is in a prepositional phrase.

12. Fill in the Blank with a personal pronoun (objective versus subjective) The girl tried to stop the dog from following __________. Tom and __________ went to the party last night. Take a picture of _______, not _______. _________ are in the same class.

13. What pronoun should I use? John split the profits between _______ and ______. (Anne and Mike) Why don’t we ride our bikes with_______? (Peter, John, Kelly and Joe) Kelly walked in with _______. (Martin) Sammy had to fight against _____ and ______. (myself and Mia)

14. Describe the picture Directions: Describe/write about the following picture using only antecedents (no pronouns). Switch with a partner. Take your partners description and rewrite it changing all antecedents into pronouns.

15. Example

16. Polar Bear Picture Antecedents everywhere: The polar bear was walking on ice. The polar bear saw a sign. The polar bear slipped and fell on the ice. The polar bear was not hurt. The polar bear did not cry but instead the polar bear laughed at the polar bear. No antecedents, only pronouns: The polar bear was walking on ice. He was a sign. He slipped and fell. He was not hurt. He did not cry but instead laughed at himself.

18. Closure – fill-in-the-blank When there is a prepositional phrase, I always use a _________ pronoun. I use a __________ when the antecedent is ________ of the sentence. I use a ___________ pronoun when the antecedent receives the action.