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1. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 1: Subject Pronouns

2. What is a pronoun?
• Pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun.
• Subject pronoun: a pronoun that takes the
place of a noun as the subject of a sentence.

3. Subject Pronouns
• Singular: I, you, he, she, it
▫ Mary went to the store.
▫ She went to the store.
• Plural: we, you, they
▫ Jane and Pamela play basketball.
▫ They play basketball.

4. Examples
• Replace the underlined subjects with
pronouns.
• Leo and Emily cooked.
• Leo bought the fruit.
• Emily served egg rolls.

5. Fix it- rewrite the 8 underlined nouns
as pronouns:
I am proud to have been Alex’s swim
coach this year. Ron White and Alex have
worked hard. Ms. Pinza has told me she gets to
school early and sees Alex at the pool. The pool
is already busy. There Alex is, doing laps. Who
noticed the backstroke flaw? That was Ms.
Pinza. Alex and I worked together, and Alex
improved. Alex is a fine team player. The
strongest swimmers on our team are Ron and
Alex. The team unanimously chose Alex Sachs
as their captain.

6. Fix it- rewrite the 8 underlined nouns
as pronouns:
I am proud to have been Alex’s swim
coach this year. Ron White and he have
worked hard. Ms. Pinza has told me she gets to
school early and sees Alex at the pool. It is
already busy. There he is, doing laps. Who
noticed the backstroke flaw? That was she. We
worked together, and he improved. Alex is a
fine team player. The strongest swimmers on
our team are Ron and he. They unanimously
chose Alex Sachs as their captain.

7. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 2: Object Pronouns

8. What is an object pronoun?
• Object pronoun: can replace nouns used after
action verbs or after the words to, for, with,
in, or at.
• Me, him, her, us, and them are object pronouns.
• You and it can be subject/object pronouns.

9. Examples
• Mrs. Stone drove Clyde.
▫ Mrs. Stone drove him.
• Beth went with you and I to the store.
▫ Beth went with us to the store.

10. Using Object Pronouns
• Do not use an object pronoun when you need a
subject pronoun.
▫ Him and me like that car.
▫ He and I like that car.
▫ Imagine you were saying the subjects
alone.
▫ He likes that car; I like that car.
▫ You wouldn’t say him likes that car or me
likes that car.

11. Using Object Pronouns
• Object pronouns are used even if there are more
than one object.
▫ Mary thanked him and Mrs. Stone.
▫ Mary thanked he and Mrs. Stone.
▫ If it helps, take “and Mrs. Stone” away.

12. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 3: Using I and me

13. Using I and me
• Sometimes it is tricky using I and me.
• If you are having a hard time, say the sentence
with only I and me and see which one seems
correct.
• Always name yourself last.

14. Using I and me – Practice
• Lisa and ______ are visiting Daria.
• Daria teaches a game to Lisa and _______.
• Lisa shows Daria and _____ another game.
• Daria and _____ have played it in school.
• Lisa and ______ love playing games.
• Daria invites Lisa and _______ for lunch.

15. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 4: Possessive Pronouns

16. Possessive Pronouns
• Possessive pronoun: replaces a possessive
noun, or a noun that shows ownership.
• They can be used with a noun or by
themselves.

17. Possessive Pronouns
• My, your, his her, our, their, yours, theirs, its,
hers, mine, etc.

18. Possessive Pronouns - Practice
• The students finished _______ reports.
• Is the report about Carlsbad Caverns ______?
• _____ is about a visit to the museum.
• The eagle is the subject of ______ report.
• ______ is a wide wingspan.

19. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 5: Contractions with
Pronouns

20. 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 combining pronouns
and the verbs am, are, is, will, would ,have, has,
and had.

21. Contractions with Pronouns
• I am –
• He is –
• It is –
• You are –
• They are –
• I will/shall –
• You will –
• We would -

22. Contractions with Pronouns
• I have
• He has
• It has
• You have
• They have
• I had
• You had
• We had

23. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 6: Double Subjects

24. What is a double subject?
• Every sentence has a subject.
• Sometimes people use two subjects – a noun and
a pronoun – incorrectly.
• Mary she is my sister.  Mary is my sister; she is
my sister.
• Her hat it is pretty.  Her hat is pretty; it is
pretty

25. Practice
• Which word can be removed?
• My parents they own a shoe store.
• My father he waits on customers.
• My mother she writes our newspaper ads.
• People they like our store.
• My brother and sister they work there too.
• Our shop it is open six days a week.

26. Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 7: Using we and us with
Nouns

27. Using we and us
• Sometimes you use a noun with the pronoun to
make it more clear.
• Use the same pronoun as you would if the noun
were not in the sentence.

28. Using we and us
• We girls threw the ball.
• The girls threw the ball to us boys.
• They will not beat us boys.
• We friends watch the game.
• The coach talks to us players.

29. Practice
• Mr. Locke invited ______ neighbors.
• ___ friends played softball.
• The winners were ____ girls.
• Steve came with ____ boys.
• The cooks were ___ brothers.
• ____ girls brought our dog.
• ____ boys helped Mr. Locke put the chairs away.