The document discusses pronoun case and types of pronouns. It defines pronouns as words that take the place of nouns and explains that pronouns must agree in case with how they function in sentences. The three pronoun cases are subjective, objective, and possessive. Personal, relative, indefinite, reflexive, and intensive pronouns are described along with their uses and forms. Examples are provided to illustrate proper pronoun case.

1. PRONOUNS CASE
B E T W E E N Y O U A N D M E
B Y R O N A L D S P E E N E R

2. OBJECTIVES
•Understand what a pronoun is
•Identify types of pronouns
•Explain pronoun case
•Use pronoun case correctly
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3. DEFINITION
A pronoun takes the place of a
noun.
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Jack went to the store; bought
an apple
Jackhe

4. GENERAL PRONOUN RULE
• Pronouns must use the case of how they
function in the sentence.
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Jack was tired when he got home. So Mary and
the children took him out to her favorite
restaurant. They had tacos.

5. TYPES OF PRONOUNS
Personal – I, you he
Relative – who, whom, that, which
Indefinite – each, one, anyone
A. Reflexive – myself
B. Intensive – himself
C. Interrogative – who
D. Reciprocal – one another
E. Demonstrative – this, these, that, those
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6. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
• Personal pronouns are the most
commonly used pronouns.
• These pronouns are used to
replace a specific noun.
–Jack went to the store. He bought a
gallon of milk.
• Personal pronouns have the most
forms of any pronoun.
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7. CLASSIFICATIONS
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Pronouns are classified by person, number, case, and gender.Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
Column5 Column6 Column7
Subjective Objective Possessive
Person Number
1st Singular I Me My/Mine
Plural We Us Our/Ours
2nd Singular Thou Thee Thy/Thine
Plural Ye You Your/Yours
3rd Singular Masc. He Him His
Gender Fem. She Her Hers
Neuter It It Its
Case

8. CASE
Case shows how the pronoun functions in the sentence:
– subject, direct object, object of a preposition, etc.
Unlike person, gender, and number, it does not need to
agree with its antecedent.
A. English has three cases.
–Subjective
–Objective
–Possessive
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9. SUBJECTIVE CASE
• Subjective case – the pronoun functions as a
subject
– I went to the store.
– She built a computer.
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10. SUBJECTIVE CASE
• Subjective case – the pronoun functions as a
subject compliment
– It is I.
– The judges were Mary and she.
– It was not he that gave her roses.
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11. SUBJECTIVE CASE
• Subjective case – the pronoun functions as a
subject after than
– Jill is a better dancer than I.
– (Jill is a better dancer than I am a dancer.)
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12. SUBJECTIVE CASE
Testing for subjective case –
A. Suzy and me went to the store.
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13. OBJECTIVE CASE
•Objective case – the pronoun
functions as a direct object,
–I took her to the movies.
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14. OBJECTIVE CASE
•Objective case – the pronoun
functions as an indirect object,
–I took her home.
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15. OBJECTIVE CASE
• Objective case – the pronoun functions as an
object of a prepositional phrase
– Aidin gave the car to us.
– Our dog ran after Mark and me.
– After Mark and I saw the movie, we went out for
pizza. (After is a subordinating conjunction)
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16. OBJECTIVE CASE
• Objective case – the pronoun functions as a
object after than
– Jill liked Sidney better than me.
– (Jill liked Sidney better than she liked me.)
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17. THE DREADED ME
• Me is objective case – it functions as a direct
object, indirect object or object of a preposition
– She took me to the movies.
– He walked me home.
– Between you and me, Daren is a snob.
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18. THE DREADED ME
• Exceptions – informal
–It is me.
–Why me?
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19. OBJECTIVE CASE
Testing for Objective case –
Jake took Jake and I to the races.
The contest was between Cindy and
she for first place.
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20. POSSESSIVE CASE
• Possessive case – the pronoun shows
ownership or possession
– It is my book. (adjective)
– The book is mine. (pronoun)
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21. CASE EXERCISE
Jack took she and I to the
movies.
Jack studied harder than
her.
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C I
C I

22. THEN/AS
Although Jose isn't as popular as
_____ , he is more likely to earn a
promotion at work.
a) she
b) hers
c) herself
d) her
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23. RELATIVE PRONOUNS
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1st
2nd
3rd
Who, That
& Which
Whom Whose
Person
Possessive
Case
Singular & Plural
Number Subjective Objective

24. WHO
• Who or whom frequently start a
dependent clause
• Use who if it is the subject of the
clause
–Mary went to the doctor who was a
specialist.
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25. WHOM
• Use whom as the object of a prepositional
phrase
– To whom do you want me to address the letter?
• Use whom if it is the direct object of the clause
– Mary went to the doctor whom she thought to be
the best.
– She sang for whoever would listen.
HINT- find the verb in the clause then the subject.
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26. WHOSE
• Do not confuse whose with who’s
–The student whose paper is best will
receive a scholarship.
• Whose shows ownership of the paper
–Who’s the best writer in class?
• Contraction of who is
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27. RESTRICTIVE
RESTRICTIVE
• Limits a noun
– The man who rowed
a boat across the
Atlantic Ocean wrote
a book about his
adventure.
• That is always
restrictive
NON-RESTRICTIVE
• Adds information
– Tony, who rowed a
boat across the
Atlantic Ocean, wrote
a book about his
adventure.
– Which is usually non-
restrictive
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28. THAT
• That is frequently omitted in a sentence
– Mary took the medicine she needed.
• That often requires the subjunctive mood
– I wish that he were here.
• That can refers to person or things
• That is always restrictive (no commas)
– The book that was on the table needs to be
returned to the library.
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29. WHICH
• In general which refers to things
–The book, which I left on the table,
must be returned to the library.
• Some grammar books, including
MSWord, insist which must be
used with commas.
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30. INTENSIVE/REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS
Subjective/Intensive Objective/Reflexive Possessiv
e
1st Person
Singular Myself Myself
Plural Ourselves Ourselves
2nd Person
Singular Yourself Yourself
Plural Yourselves Yourselves
3rd Person
Singular Himself, herself, itself Himself, herself,
itself
Plural Themselves Themselves
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31. INTENSIVE/REFLEXIVE CONT.
Intensive are used
with subjects
–Jack, himself,
baked the cake.
A. Reflexive are
objects
–Jack baked the
cake by
himself.
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32. INTENSIVE/REFLEXIVE CONT.
Intensive and Reflexive pronouns cannot
substitute for I or me
A. Ted and myself went to the
store.
B. Ted and I went to the store.
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33. INTENSIVE/REFLEXIVE CONT.
• Hisself, Theirself and Theirselves
are not acceptable English words
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34. SUMMARY
• Pronouns must match the case of
how they function in the sentence
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35. PRONOUN EXERCISE 1
I plan on visiting my grandmother
________ lives in Arizona.
a) whom
b) that
c) which
d) who
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36. PRONOUN EXERCISE 2
My grandmother called my mother while my
sister and ________ were at my mother’s
house.
A. Me
B. I
C. myself
D. myselves
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37. PRONOUN EXERCISE 3
I have not seen my grandmother in
several years, ________ is too long.
A. whom
B. that
C. which
D. when
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38. PRONOUN EXERCISE 4
My grandmother said _____ she wanted
us to visit next week.
A. whom
B. that
C. which
D. when
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39. PRONOUN EXERCISE 5
She wants to give us some gift from Ben,
_______ my uncle.
A. whom
B. whose
C. which
D. who’s
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40. PRONOUN EXERCISE 6
My Uncle Ben was single and traveled
the world by _________.
A. hiself
B. oneself
C. himself
D. hiselfes
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41. RELATIVE PRONOUN
EXERCISE
He always brought expensive items for
_______ want to have them.
A. Whoever
B. Whichever
C. Whomever
D. Who.
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42. PRONOUN EXERCISE 7
Needless to say, my sister and
_________ were on the next plane.
A. me
B. myself
C. I
D. us
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43. PRONOUN EXERCISE 8
From Uncle Ben’s gifts, I selected an
African mask for _______.
A. me
B. myself
C. I
D. us
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44. PRONOUN EXERCISE 9
My sister selected sapphire earrings,
_________ complemented her eyes.
A. which
B. that
C. who
D. whose
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45. PRONOUN EXERCISE 10
It is difficult to say _________ selection
was better.
A. whom’s
B. who
C. whose
D. who’s
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