1. The document discusses different types of pronouns including subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and contractions using pronouns. 2. It provides examples of how to properly use subject and object pronouns, including in sentences with multiple pronouns. Common errors involving double subjects are also addressed. 3. Guidelines are given for determining whether to use "I" or "me" and "we" or "us" in sentences, including with additional nouns. Readers are advised to test sentences by removing additional nouns.

1. Pronouns
Unit 6

2. Grammar/Usage 1: Subject Pronouns
• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. A subject
pronoun takes the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence.
Noun Pronoun
Carl watches the swimmers He watches the swimmers.
Rope divides the lanes. It divides the lanes.
Jean and Susan practice. They practice.

3. Subject Pronouns
Subject pronouns also follow forms of the linking verb be.
Example: The lifeguard today is he.
Example: Yesterday, the lifeguards were Tara and I.
Singular Plural
I We
You You
He, she, it they

4. TIP:
Although not required in this textbook, you should know that
subject pronouns are also called Nominative Pronouns in
other books.

5. Grammar/Usage 2: Object Pronouns
Object pronouns can replace nouns used after action verbs or
after words to, for, with, in, or out.
Example: Mrs. Stone drove Carl. Noun
Example: Mrs. Stone drove him. Object Pronoun

6. Object Pronouns
Do NOT use and object pronoun when you need a subject
pronoun.
Incorrect Example: Him and me like that car.
Correct Example: He and I like that car.
Incorrect Example: The drivers were Dad and her.
Correct Example: The drivers were Dad and she.

7. Object Pronouns
A pronoun after an action verb or after words such as to,
for, with, in, or at is always an object pronoun even where
there are more than one object.
Incorrect Example: Mary thanked he and Mrs. Stone.
Correct Example: Mary thanked him and Mrs. Stone.
Incorrect Example: Alice waited on Mary and she.
Correct Example: Alice waited on Mary and her.

8. Grammar/Usage 3: Using I and Me
You have learned to use the subject pronoun I as a subject
or after forms of the linking verb be. You have also learned
to use the object pronoun me after action verbs or words
such as to, for, with, in, or at. You may have trouble,
however, deciding whether to use I or me when they are
joined with nouns or other pronouns. To help you decide,
say the sentence with only I or me.

9. Using I and Me
With a Noun or Another
Pronoun
With I or me only
Diana and I ride the bus. I ride the bus.
The winners were Dave and I. The winner was I.
Who chose Carl and me? Who chose me?
Is Leo coming with him and
me?
Is Leo coming with me?

10. Using I or Me
When you use I or me with nouns or other pronouns, always
name yourself last.
Example: Scott and I invited Rosa.
Example: He and I saw Rosa.
Example: Rosa met Scott and me.
Example: Rose waited for him and me.

11. Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns Used with Nouns Possessive Pronouns That Stand Alone
My My book is green. Mine The green book is mine.
Your Clean your desk. Yours Yours is messy.
His His bike is blue. His The blue bike is his.
Her This is her house. Hers Hers is the gray house.
Its Its coat is shaggy. Its Its is the shaggy coat.
Our Those are our pens. Ours Those pens are ours.
Your Take your sweaters. Yours Leave yours here.
Their Their hats are red. Theirs Those hats are theirs.

12. Grammar/Usage 5: Contractions with Pronouns
A contraction is a shortened form of two words. An
apostrophe (‘) replaces any letters dropped when the
words are combined. You can make contractions by
combining pronouns and the verbs am, are, is, will,
would, have, has, and had.

13. Contractions
Pronoun + Verb Contraction
I am I’m
He is He’s
It is It’s
You are You’re
They are They’re
I will/shall I’ll
You will You’ll
We would We’d

14. Contractions
Pronoun + Verb Contraction
I am I’m
He has He’s
It has It’s
You have You’ve
They have They’ve
I had I’d
You had You’d
We had We’d

15. Grammar/Usage 6: Double Subjects
Every sentence must have a subject. Sometimes people
incorrectly use a double subject—a noun and a pronoun-to
name the same person, place, or thing.
Incorrect Example: Mary she is my sister.
Correct Example: Mary is my sister.
Correct Example: She is my sister.
Incorrect Example: Her hat it is pretty.
Correct Example: Her hat is pretty.
Correct Example: It is pretty.

16. Grammar/Usage 7: Using We and Us
with Nouns
• Sometimes you use a noun with the pronoun we or us to
make clear whom you are talking about.
Example: We girls took our places on the field.
• Use the same pronoun as you would if the noun were not
there. Use we with noun subjects or after linking verbs.
Example: We girls threw the ball.
Example: The best players are we girls.

17. Using We and Us with Nouns
Use the pronouns us with nouns that follow an action verb or
a word such as to, for, with, or at.
Example: The girls threw the ball to us boys.
Example: They will not beat us boys.
To decide whether we or us is correct, read the sentence
without the noun.
Example: We friends watch the game. We watch the game.
Example: The coach talked to us players.
Example: The coach talked to us.

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