Gender Pronouns

1. Pronouns
DAY 2

2. Pronouns
• Pronouns make our
speech and writing
less boring.
• We do not have to continually
repeat our subject.
• We can identify our subject in a
variety of ways, other than by
“name”.
Pronouns

3. Pronouns
• Pronouns can substitute for
(or take the place of) nouns.
• Pronouns can
appear anywhere in a
sentence.

4. Antecedents
Antecedent: The noun that is
being replaced by a pronoun.
Abigail lost her notebook at school.
her = pronoun
Abigail = antecedent

5. Personal
Pronouns

6. Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns always refer
to people.

7. HE =

8. SHE =

9. IT =

10. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
SINGULAR
Nominative Objective Possessive
I, you
he, she, it
me, you
him, her
it
my, mine, your,
yours, his, her,
hers, its
PLURAL
Nominative Objective Possessive
we
you
they
us
you
them
Our, ours
your, yours
their, theirs

11. Activities

12. What Pronoun do we use with
these photos?

13. Trace the pronoun
appropriate with the image
SHE

14. Complete the sentence with
the appropriate pronoun
____ is
staring at
me.

15. Complete the sentence with
the appropriate pronoun
The barbie
looks good in
___ dress.
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