Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of these words.
What are nouns?
This is the function of the pronoun in the following sentence: "Could you drive Tom to the library after lunch?"
Father left ______ mug on the table.
What is his?
The number of hers.
What is singular?
“Him blew up the balloons for the party.”
What is “He blew up the balloons for the party.”
The word that a pronoun takes the place of.
What is an antecedent?
The function of the pronoun in the following sentence: “The decision in the end will be mine.”
What is a subject complement?
Bailey and _____ dog like to run in _____ yard.
Bailey and her dog like to run in their yard.
“Themselves”
What is plural?
“The people in the sailboat were Lacey, Joel, and her.”
“The people in the sailboat were Lacey, Joel, and she.”
The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in these ways.
What is person, number, and gender?
The function of the pronoun in the following sentence: “The tour guide gave us directions to the museum.”
What is an indirect object?
______ grandchildren are coming to visit, then ____ will go back to ____ own house.
Their grandchildren are coming coming visit, then they will go back to their own house.
“Each”
What is “Always Singular”?
“Myron generously offered these gifts to him and I.”
“Myron generously offered the gifts to him and me.”
The number of a pronoun can be what two things.
What is singular or plural?
The function of the pronoun in the following sentence: “The Smith’s new house is down the street from ours.”
What is the object?
____ dog was very sick and she wished he would get better.
All of the 7th grade class went on the field trip.
What is singular?
“All of the classes is going to the movie.”
“All of the classes are going to the movie.”
Pronouns have these functions in a sentence.
What are subject and object?
The function of the two pronouns in the following sentence: “He gave the audience a stunning speech; however, the people support it.”
What is the subject and object?
_____ house is very messy, I need to clean today before the party.
Mosquitoes are plentiful, and some bothered George earlier.
What is plural?
“A few remain behind, but most of she has left by now.”
“A few remain behind, but most of them have left by now.”