3. What are pronouns?What are pronouns?
Pronouns take thePronouns take the
place of nouns.place of nouns. The
word or phrase
replaced by a pronoun
is called an
antecedentantecedent.
4. Example:Example:
Halloween is one of
America's holidays. It is
celebrated in October.
(HalloweenHalloween is a noun.
ItIt is a pronoun that
refers to the
antecedent,
Halloween.)
5. Example:Example:
When Robert was fixing
the car, he cut his
hand.
(RobertRobert is a noun. HeHe is
a pronoun that refers to
the antecedent,
Robert.)
6. Personal PronounsPersonal Pronouns
Refer to a specific person or
thing and changes its form
to indicate person,
number, gender and case.
ME!Include: I, me, my, mine, you, your,
yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it,
its, they, them, their, theirs, we, us,
our, ours.
8. Properties of Personal
Pronouns:
Case – function in the sentence
Subjective (subject of the sentence)
He took the book without permission.
Objective (Object of verb, preposition
or infinitive phrase)
Why are you staring at me?
Possessive (indicates ownership)
My aunt gave me a new dress for my birthday.
9. Properties of Personal
Pronouns:
Person – point of view
First Person – speaker
Second Person – spoken to
Third Person – spoken about
Gender
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Number
Singular
Plural
10. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
1st
Person Subjective Objective Possessive
Singular I me My, mine
Plural We us Our, ours
2nd
Person
Singular You You You, yours
Plural you You You, yours
3rd
Person
Singular Masculine He Him His
Feminine She Her Her, hers
Neuter It Its
Plural they them Their, theirs
11. Now you try. Which of the following
contains a correct pronoun?
A. A hill is next to them. It
is very steep.
B. Jeff rides his new bike. Him
rides it down the block.
C. Rickie gets on the plane.
They are very excited
about his trip.
22. Got it! Now try
another.
Marisa and Nora made their
own costumes.
They wanted to save money.
Marisa and Nora = They
23. Which of the following contains a
correct pronoun?
A. A hill is next to them. They
are very steep.
B. Jeff rides his new bike.
Him rides it down the
block.
C. Rickie gets on the plane.
He is very excited about his
trip.
25. Got it! Now try
another.
Rickie gets on the
plane. He is very
excited about his trip.
Rickie = He
26. Which of the following contains a
correct pronoun?
A. Blake skated to the edge of
the rink. He was finished with
practice.
B. The house has two stories.
She was built in 1910.
C. Mary and Dave rode their
bikes to the playground. Them
will build a sandcastle.
28. Got it!
Blake skated to the edge
of the rink. He was
finished with practice.
Blake = He
29. Rules in using pronouns
1. When a pronoun is compounded with
something or someone else, check on the
function in the sentence.
X Me and my friends went shopping last week.
√ My friends and I went shopping last week.
*When I is compounded with another subject,
the first subject gets the first billing.
30. Rules in using pronouns
2. Occasionally pronouns are connected to their
subjects or objects in the sentence. Determine
the case of the noun or noun phrase the
pronoun is combined with.
X Us students, should never miss a class.
√ We students, should never miss a class.
31. Rules in using pronouns
In the second person, the form you remains
the same whether its plural or singular, subject
or object.
√ You, children need to go to bed now.
√ I will give you, children, thirty minutes to
play.
32. Rules in using pronouns
3. When a pronoun follows “let” in a mild
exhortation, use the object form of the
pronoun.
X Let you and I take the first step toward
forgiveness
√ Let you and me take the first step toward
forgiveness
33. Rules in using pronouns
4. Traditionally, when the personal pronoun
follows except, but, than or as, the pronoun is
regarded as subject of the clause, but using
the objective case is also acceptable in formal
writing.
