2. A pronoun is a word used to take the place of
a noun or another pronoun in a sentence.
 For example:
Brendan plays soccer well.
Can be changed to---
He plays soccer well.
Brendan can be replaced by the pronoun he.

3. Pronouns can be placed in to several
categories:
 Personal
 Subject
 Object
 Possessive
 Reflexive and Intensive
 Indefinite
 Interrogative
 Demonstrative

5.  Are used to replace the subject of a sentence
only.
 Subject Pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we,
you and they.
Examples:
1. He is taking the SAT today. (in place of
name)
2. It is on the shelf.(taking place of the words
The book)

6.  Take the place of Direct Objects, Indirect
Objects and Objects of the Preposition in a
sentence.
 They are me, you, him, her, it, us, you and
them.
 Examples:
 Bill placed the book on it. (in place of the OP
“the desk”)
 Sara gave me a present. (in place of the IO
“Sheila”)
 Sara gave Sheila it. (in place of the DO “a
present”)

7.  Take the place of possessives in sentences
 They are my, mine, your, yours, his, her,
hers, its, our, ours, your, yours and their,
theirs.
 Example:
 That is Bill’s dog.
 It can become…
 That is his dog.
 That is his.

8. Case: Subject Object Possessive
Singular I Me My, mine
1st Person
2nd Person You You Your, yours
3rd Person He, she, it Him, her, it His, her, hers, its
Plural We Us Our, ours
1st Person
2nd Person You You Your, yours
3rd Person They Them Their, theirs

9.  Their----shows ownership
 There----shows location, here and there
 They’re----is the contraction of they+are
 Its----shows ownership
 It’s----it is the contraction of it+is

10.  Usually occur in compound subjects and
objects:
 Which of these two is correct?
 John and I went to the movies.
 John and me went to the movies.
 Sara went with John and I.
 Sara went with John and me.

11.  John and I went to the movies.
 John went to the movies. I went to the movies.
 John and me went to the movies.
 John went to the movies. Me went to the
movies.
 Sara went with John and I.
 Sara went with John. Sara went with I.
 Sara went with John and me.
 Sara went with John. Sara went with me.