Unit 2 Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns
ELA 6 Live Lesson 10/30

Relative

1st, 2nd, & 3rd Person

​Subjective, Objective, & Possessive

​Types of Pronouns

Gives extra information about a noun in the sentence without writing a new sentence.

Example: Jenny, who I have known since kindergarten, is meeting me for dinner tonight.

The car that has the broken window is for sale.

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​Relative Pronouns

Multiple Choice

Use who to refer to.......

• people

• animals, objects

Multiple Choice

My mom, __________ is blind, has a service dog named Gizmo.

• who

• that

Multiple Choice

The bike _______ has a flat tire is Teddy's.

• that

• who

Multiple Choice

Is the pronoun them in this sentence 1st person or 3rd person:

I watched them walk to the park.

• 1st person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

Is the pronoun I in the sentence 1st or 3rd person?

I love to dance!

• 1st person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

Is the pronoun us in the sentence singular or plural?

You gave us rotten eggs.

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

Is the pronoun it in the sentence singular or plural?

When will it be available?

• singular

• plural

The subject pronouns are...

• I

• We

• You

• He

• She

• They

Subject Pronouns

The subject pronouns replace (or substitute) the name of the subject in a sentence with a subject pronoun.

Review the following sentences:

Louis loves to stay in his house every weekend.

• Louis is the subject of the sentence.

• Substitution: He loves to stay in his house every weekend. ("He" replaces "Louis.")

Charles and Adam live in the same city.

• Charles and Adam are the subjects of the sentence.

• Substitution: They live in the same city. ("They" replaces "Charles and Adam.")

The students and I only speak English.

• The students and I are the subjects of the sentence.

• Substitution: We only speak English. ("We" replaces "The students and I".)
  

Multiple Choice

Replace the subject or subjects of the following sentence with the correct pronoun:

_______ like to watch music videos.

[Hint: Use the picture to help you.]

Multiple Choice

Replace the subject or subjects of the following sentence with the correct pronoun:

The neighbor's dog likes to bark.

• You like to bark.

• It likes to bark.

• He likes to bark

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct subject pronoun to complete this sentence:

_______ works every Friday at night.

[Hint: Use the picture to help you.]

The object pronouns are...

• me

• us

• you

• him

• her

• them

Object Pronouns

The object pronouns replace (or substitute) the name of the object in a sentence with an object pronoun.

Review the following sentences:

Louis loves his mother

• Mother is the object of the sentence (receives the action of the verb love).

• Substitution: Louis loves her. ("her" replaces "his mother.")

Charles and Adam drank some soda.

• Soda is the object of the sentence (receives the action of the verb drank).

• Substitution: Charles and Adam drank it. ("it" replaces "some soda.")

The students and I learned the new vocabulary words last week.

• Words is the subject of the sentence (receives the action of the verb learned).

• Substitution: The students and I learned them last week. ("them" replaces "the new vocabulary words.")
  

Example:

Mary took a picture in the park.

The object in a sentence is who are/what is receiving the action from the subject.

​In this case the subject of the sentence is Mary because Mary took a picture; she did the action. The object in this case is picture because it is what Mary took.

How do we identify

the subject and object in a sentence?

The subject is the person or things that complete the action.

The object is who or what is receiving the action of the verb.

Lucas hugged his girlfriend.

Example:

Subject

Verb

Object

We can substitute "his girlfriend" with an object pronoun.

The object pronouns are...

• me

• us

• you

• him

• her

• them

• ...or it

Now, we can replace the subject and object with pronouns (if we want to).

Lucas hugged his girlfriend.

Example:

Subject

Verb

Object

He hugged her.

Subject

Object

Verb

​Important Note: Object pronouns come after the verb in English.

Multiple Choice

Replace the underlined object with the correct objective pronoun.

Billy and I saw Cindy at the bus stop yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Replace the underlined object with the correct objective pronoun.

Miriam loves Lucas.

[Hint: Lucas is a boy.]

Multiple Choice

Replace the underlined object with the correct objective pronoun.

Mrs. Thompson corrected the student for playing games during class.

[Hint: The student in the picture is a boy.]

Possessive Pronouns

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to...

• Identify possessive pronouns.

• Use possessive pronouns correctly.

• Distinguish possessive pronouns from other personal pronouns such as subject pronouns and object pronouns.

Possessive Pronouns

• Possessive pronouns are pronouns that indicate possession: who owns (or possesses) what. That is, they are used to point out that something belongs to someone. They are usually used at the end of a sentence.

• Just like the other personal pronouns that we have reviewed, possessive pronouns do not use an article (the, a, or an).

Let's practice with possessive pronouns!

Multiple Choice

I bought a saxophone.

It’s _______.

• ours

• yours

• his

• mine

Multiple Choice

Dad, your donut looks delicious, but it’s _______, not mine.

• yours

• ours

• hers

• his

Multiple Choice

Bart and Lisa were enjoying their ice cream, but Lisa dropped hers. Bart was nice and gave some of ___ to Lisa.

• mine

• theirs

• his

• hers

Multiple Choice

My mother carries an umbrella to work everyday. Everyone at her job knows it is ____ because it is so colorful!

• hers

• his

• theirs

• its