Unit 5 Pronouns

Unit 5: Pronouns
Lessons 35-41

​Subject Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun

• Subject Pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence

  • Tell whom or what the sentence is about

  • I, you, he, she, it

  • we, you, they

Multiple Choice

Select the subject pronoun in the sentence:

I have two friends who are unable to hear me.

• I

• friends

• who

• me

Multiple Choice

Select the subject pronoun in the sentence:

She communicates with her using American Sign Language.

• She

• with

• communicates

• her

Multiple Choice

Select the subject pronoun in the sentence:

It is also known as ASL.

• It

• is

• also

• as

Multiple Choice

Select the subject pronoun in the sentence:

We speak this language together.

• we

• this

• speak

• together

​Pronoun-Verb Agreement

• When the subject pronoun is he, she, or it add -s or -es to the verb

• When the subject pronoun is I, we, you, or they do not add -s or -es to the verb

Multiple Choice

I __________ the ASL alphabet with Terry.

• practice

• practices

Multiple Choice

We __________ our names.

• spell

• spells

Multiple Choice

She ___________ me with the help of a chart.

• teaches

• teach

Multiple Choice

It __________ all the letters.

• shows

• show

Object Pronouns

• an object pronoun follows an action verb or a preposition

  • comes in the predicate of the sentence

• Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

Multiple Choice

Select the object pronoun in the sentence:

Sign language helps us in many ways.

• helps

• sign

• us

• ways

Multiple Choice

Select the object pronoun in the sentence:

It helps my friends talk to me.

• it

• my

• to

• me

Multiple Choice

Select the object pronoun in the sentence:

I can tell them jokes using ASL.

• I

• can

• them

• using

Multiple Choice

Select the object pronoun in the sentence:

We wouldn't communicate as well without it.

• we

• as

• without

• it

Using I and Me

• I is a subject pronoun and is used as the subject of a sentence

• Me is an object pronoun and is used after an action verb or preposition

• Always list another person first when speaking about them and yourself

Fill in the Blank

Jim and ______ know some Braille.

Fill in the Blank

Grandma taught _________ about this writing system.

Fill in the Blank

Grandma showed her books about Braille to _______.

Fill in the Blank

______ thought they were very interesting.

Multiple Choice

Then, Grandma showed her Braille writer to ___________.

• me and Jim

• Jim and me

• I and Jim

• Jim and I

Multiple Choice

___________ like to use this machine sometimes.

• me and Jim

• Jim and me

• I and Jim

• Jim and I

Possessive Pronouns

• A possessive pronoun takes the place of a possessive noun

  • shows ownership

• Possessive pronouns used before a noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their

• Possessive pronouns using alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs

Multiple Choice

Louis Braille invented ________ famous alphabet in 1829.

• his

• its

• him

• y

Multiple Choice

Blind readers use _________ fingers to read raised dots on paper.

• his

• their

• theirs

• her

Multiple Choice

Each group of dots has _______ own meaning.

• mine

• its

• theirs

• our

Multiple Choice

Is this Braille book ________?

• yours

• my

• our

• their

• relates two ideas, linking the first to the second

• ​where, when, why

Relative Adverbs

• relates two ideas, linking the first to the second

• who, that, which, whose, whom

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns and Adverbs

Multiple Choice

Mr. Niles is the school custodian ___________ job it is to post all Braille signs.

• who

• whose

• whom

• who's

Multiple Choice

The new elevator at the school is the place ________ a Braille sign was just posted.

• where

• when

• why

• that

Multiple Choice

Our teacher purchased a Braille labeler last year _________ the class started to learn about Braille.

• when

• why

• that

• which

Multiple Choice

Helen Keller is a well-known person _________ raised money for the blind.

• who

• whom

• which

• why

• a contraction is made by joining two words together using an apostrophe

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Contractions with Pronouns

Fill in the Blank

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

They have put the chart of Braille Letters on the wall.

'

Fill in the Blank

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

He is touching the dots with his finger.

'

Fill in the Blank

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

I think it is the letter a.

'

Fill in the Blank

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

She has found the dots for the word hello.

'