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College Grammar

College Grammar. Senior AP 2012-2013. Bell Ringer Day 1. Note: SUBJECT pronouns are in the nominative case OBJECT pronouns are in the objective case. SUBJECT PRONOUNS I He She They We You. OBJECT PRONOUNS Me Him Her Them Us You. Day 1 Answers.

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College Grammar

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  1. College Grammar Senior AP 2012-2013

  2. Bell Ringer Day 1 • Note: • SUBJECT pronouns are in the nominative case • OBJECT pronouns are in the objective case SUBJECT PRONOUNS I He She They We You OBJECT PRONOUNS Me Him Her Them Us You

  3. Day 1 Answers • *Between you and (I, me) • *To Sherry and (her, she) • *Among (us, we) • *At (us, we) • *From (she, her) and (he, him) • *with (I, me) and you

  4. Bell ringer Day 2 • Note: • To find the correct pronoun in a comparison that uses than or as, complete the comparison using the verb that would follow naturally.

  5. Day 2 answers • 1. Jackie runs faster than (she, her). runs • 2. My brother has bigger feet than (me, I). do • 3. Carol is as tough as (him, he). is • 4. A woman such as (me, I) amcould solve the problem

  6. Bell Ringer day 3 • Note: • 1st-person pronouns=I, we, us, mine, our, ours • 2nd-person pronouns= you, your, yours • 3rd-person pronouns=she, he, it, one, they, him, her, them, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs, • Indefinite pronouns= all, any, anyone, each, none, nothing, one, several, many

  7. Day 3 Answers • 1. When you walk your dog, I must carry a pooper-scooper. (You is second person and I is first person. The pronouns do not match.) • 2. The more one watches television, the more you turn into a vegetable. (One and you should not change throughout a sentence. Be consistent) • Everybody is sticking to their side of the story. (Everybody is a singular pronoun so their should say his or her instead)

  8. Bell Ringer Day 4 • Note: • Pronouns and antecedents should agree in number and gender. Pronouns are commonly mistaken as plural when they are actually singular.

  9. Day 4 Answer

  10. Bell Ringer Day 5 • Note: • Context determines whether the rule for pronoun-antecedent agreement applies to collective nouns, because words like jury, class, and family are sometimes singular and sometimes plural.

  11. Day 5 Answers its • 1. The jury will render their verdict Tuesday. their • 2. The police had itsphotos taken for the news. its • 3. The library put their collection of books out. owns her • 4. Each of my sisters own their own car.

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