I vs. me

I vs. me

Review Lesson and Practice

When do I use "I"?

When you are the SUBJECT of the sentence.

A SUBJECT is who or what the sentence is about.

(There can be more than one subject: John B. and I stole the boat from the Kooks.

In a Simple and Compound Sentence...

The subject is at the beginning of the sentence.

Finding the SUBJECT IN A COMPLEX SENTENCE!

• If the Independent Clause comes first, the SUBJECT is at the beginning of the sentence. EASY

• WARNING!!!! If the Dependent Clause comes first, the Subject will be in the middle of the sentence after the comma where the Independent Clause starts.

Multiple Choice

Name the SUBJECT of the sentence.

Lacey and I went to play sand volleyball on Sunday afternoon.

• Lacey

• I

• Lacey and I

• went to play

• volleyball

When do I use "me"?

When you are the OBJECT of the sentence.

The OBJECT is the person the action is being done to.

What does that mean?

It means that the SUBJECT is doing something to the OBJECT.

There can be more than one object:

Aanya wanted me and Bianca to go with her to the movies

Multiple Choice

Name the OBJECT of the sentence.

Jenna stared at Josh and me before she finally spoke.

• Jenna

• Josh

• me

• Josh and Me

• Jenna and Josh

Let's practice YO!

You got this!

Multiple Choice

Shall the children and ______ go to France on Holiday this year?

• me

• I

The answer is "I" because the children and I are the SUBJECT of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Garner brought Ms.Morris and _____ into the conference room to ask us questions about who throwing her a surprise party.

• Me

• I

• Who cares

The answer is "me" because the subject (Mrs.Garner)is wanting information from the OBJECTS (Ms. Morris and me)

Multiple Choice

Sasha came and sat next to Lizzie and _______.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Anastazi and ____ are going to Houston this weekend.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

What in the world are Presley and ______ going to eat for dinner? I am starving man!

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Please give the ball back to Noah and _______.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Brooke and _____ are the tallest girls in the class. Na nuh, Na nuh, Boo, Boo!

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Since we went to the store earlier, Arav and _____ will make another trip to Kroger.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Might Sara and _____ take your temperature? She is a nurse in training and working with me today.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Will you ever give ______ a chance to explain?

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Gautham wanted you and ______ to buy him a new monitor for his birthday.

• I

• me