Pronouns - Subjects versus Objects

Pronouns

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1

Her/she
Her/she

him/he

him/he

they/them

What is a Pronoun?

A pronoun is used in place of a noun or another pronoun (aka the antecedent.)

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

He

it

Man

Ball

Antecedents

An antecedent is a word for which the pronoun stands.

President Lincoln delivered hisGettysburg address in 1863.

Ms. Estes taught her class.

Noun

Noun

Pronoun

Pronoun

Pronoun and Antecedent Rules

Singular vs. Plural: If the antecedent is plural, the pronoun must be plural. If
the antecedent is singular, the pronoun must be singular.

Masculine vs. Feminine: If the antecedent is masculine, the pronoun must be
masculine. If the antecedent is feminine, the pronoun must be feminine.

The boy scratched his armpit. The girl scratched her armpit.

The boys scratched their armpits The girls scratched their armpits.

Subject Pronouns

Subject pronouns do the action of a sentence. They are the main subject.

Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, you

Ihit the ball.

YOUran after the ball.

WEplayed with the ball

Object Pronouns

Object pronouns receive the action of a verb or a preposition.
Examples: me, you, him, her, it, us, them

Bob took her to work on Monday.

He told you a lie about
where he was Saturday.

Our grandparents
gave us Candy this
weekend.

The man pulled a
blanket over Alice and me.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns show possession.

Examples: my, mine, his, hers, its, your, yours, our, ours, their, theirs

The dog is mine.

The children make theirbeds.

I love listening to his

singing.

Intensive Pronouns

Intensive pronouns end in self or selves and places emphasis on its antecedent by
referring back to another noun or pronoun used earlier in the sentence.

Jacob made tea for the king himself.
The team knew that they themselves were responsible for playing their best.

I can understand what the sentence means without the pronoun. That’s how I know
this is an intensive pronoun. The pronoun is just there to add emphasis.

Practice

1.We built a shed by
______________

A.Myself

B.Ourselves

C.Themselves

D.Himself

Fill in the missing pronoun. What type of pronoun is this? How do you know?

2. Jacob untied ________
shoelaces.

3. ______ kicked the ball so
hard that his shoe came
off.

4. The plate shattered when
Olivia dropped _____ on the
floor.

Practie

1.The dog stole Jill’s cookie before it ran
away.

2.I enjoyed reading The Giver. It was a good
book.

3.The students are working on their project.
If they don’t finish, it will be homework.

The underlined pronoun refers to which antecedent?

Select the correct pronoun. What type of pronoun is it?

1.Ms. Estes wants to talk to (her, you) about your
homework.

a.Subject b. Object c. Possessive d. Infinitive

2. Joe made (himself, him) a sandwich with pickles.

a.Subject b. Object c. Possessive d. Infinitive

3. Where are Bob and Dylan? Didn’t you invite (him, them)?

a.Subject b. Object c. Possessive d. Infinitive

Multiple Choice

Which is the grammatically correct SUBJECT pronoun in the following sentence?

My sister and (I, me) went to the store.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct OBJECT pronoun in the following sentence?

My friends went to the store but forgot to bring my sister and (I, me) along with them.

• I

• me

Multiple Choice

Which is the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence?

Alex asked himself if he was ready for the test...nope!

• Alex

• he

• himself

• nope

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct pronoun for the following sentence?

Ms. Estes wants to talk to (her, you) about your homework.

• you

• her

• your

• I

Multiple Choice

Fill in the missing blank with the correct pronoun.

My friends and ___went looking for the lost dog.

• me

• I

• themselves

• their selves

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun would be grammatically correct in the blank?

My mother scolded my sister and ___ for not doing our chores.

• I

• me

• yourself

• her

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun is correctly used in the following sentence?

My mother yelled at my sister and I when we did not clean our rooms.

• me

• I

• Alice

• you

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun is the object pronoun in the following sentence?

I went to the mall to get it.

• I

• it

• went

• mall