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 Blanks

Jim and

know some Braille.

Fill in the Blanks

Grandma taught

about this writing system.

Fill in the Blanks

Grandma showed her books about Braille to

.

Fill in the Blanks

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 Blanks

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

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

Fill in the Blanks

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

He is touching the dots with his finger.

Fill in the Blanks

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

I think it is the letter a.

Fill in the Blanks

Write a contraction for the word in bold:

She has found the dots for the word hello.