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Pronouns

Personal Pronouns. Nominative: Pronouns used as the subject of a sentence or as a subject complement.Subject:Examples:They went to the store.He ate his sandwich after school.Subject complement:Example:The winners is she.Tony declared that the champions were Linda and he.. Personal Pronouns.

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Pronouns

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    1. Pronouns Aimee Lomas Matthew Mason Lizbett Tinoco

    2. Personal Pronouns Nominative: Pronouns used as the subject of a sentence or as a subject complement. Subject: Examples: They went to the store. He ate his sandwich after school. Subject complement: Example: The winners is she. Tony declared that the champions were Linda and he.

    3. Personal Pronouns Objective: pronouns functioning as objects Direct Object Our cat loves him. John took them to the park. Indirect Object She offered him Girl Scout cookies. Give her the remote control. Object of a preposition The books belong to them. You can go with her.

    4. Possessive Pronouns Possessive: pronouns showing possession/ownership or a pronoun that can take the place of a possessive noun. Pronoun Example: The computer is hers. This boring video game is yours. Adjective Example: Their house caught on fire. We want to see Josh and his family next summer.

    5. Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject. They are usually used when the object of the sentence is the same as the subject. Example: Monica cut herself. We can take monitor ourselves. Incorrect use of reflexive The most common error is the inappropriate use of a �self� pronoun. Incorrect: The boss invited my wife and myself to have dinner. Correct: The boss invited my wife and me� (wife and me are objects and do not reflect back to the subject.)

    6. Declensions of Pronouns

    7. Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Definition A pronoun should agree with its antecedent (the word to which the pronoun refers) in number and person Examples Incorrect The student did their assignment incorrectly. Correct The students did their assignments correctly.

    8. Who vs. Whom Who Nominative This is the young man who won the scholarship. The students who are late will miss our guest speaker. Whom Objective She is the teacher whom students completely respect.

    9. Forms of That Pronoun Demonstrative That is my phone cell phone. Relative The cell phone that I want to buy is on sale. Adjective That cell phone looks expensive. Subordinating Conjunction I heard that you bought a new cell phone.

    10. Grammar Review Aimee Lomas Matthew Mason Lizbett Tinoco March 2, 2011

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