Pronouns

Chapter 4

Subject Pronouns

• Takes the place of a noun as the subject

• I, we, he, she, it, they, you

• Subject pronoun is labeled SP

Possessive Pronouns

• Takes the place of a possessive noun, but does not use an apostrophe

• shows ownership

• modifies like an adjective

• my, our, his, her, its, their, your

• Label-PPA

Understood subject

• subject will always be the pronoun you

• sentence gives a command or makes a request

• write the understood subject pronoun in parentheses at the beginning of the sentence

• Whenever you read (You) SP, you will say "You-understood subject pronoun"

F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (Conjunctions = C)

• for

• and

• nor

• but

• or

• yet

• so