Types of Pronouns
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun replaces a noun or a noun phrase.
What is a subject pronoun?
A subject pronoun comes before the verb in a sentence. It is usually at the beginning.
What is a possessive pronoun?
A pronoun that shows who owns something.
What is an antecedent?
An antecedent gives meaning to a pronoun.
Correct this sentence. I went to the store with she.
I went to the store with her.
What type of pronoun is "ours"?
A possessive pronoun.
What is an object pronoun?
An object pronoun comes after the verb in a sentence. It has something done to it in the sentence.
Give an example of a possessive pronoun.
Mine, ours, his, hers, theirs
Identify the antecedent in this sentence. James ran to his friends house.
James
Correct this sentence. That book is my.
That book is mine.
What is a vague pronoun?
A pronoun with an unclear antecedent.
In this sentence, is "she" a subject or object pronoun? She skipped past her friend in the hall.
Subject pronoun
Fill in the possessive pronoun. "We moved into this house last week. This house is..."
Ours
Why are antecedents important?
They give meaning to pronouns and make sure that the reader knows who or what the sentence is referring to.
Correct this sentence. Austin and Jordan decided to go to the movies because he wanted to see the new Avengers.
Austin and Jordan decided to go to the movies because they wanted to see the new Avengers.
Why are pronouns important?
Pronouns make sentences less repetitive and less confusing. Without them, we would have to continuously say names of people and places.
Pick out the subject and object pronouns in this sentence. "I went to the store with him."
Subject: I
Object: Him
Where is the possessive pronoun in this sentence? "He gave the phone back to me because it is mine."
Mine
When there is an unclear antecedent, the pronoun is...
A vague pronoun.
"I went to the gym with him because they needed to work out." Name three pronouns that would fix this sentence.
What are two differences between subject and object pronouns?
Subject pronouns are at the beginning of a sentence while object pronouns are not. Subject pronouns are before the verb and object pronouns are after it. Subject pronouns do the action, while object pronouns have the action done to them.
Pick out the subject pronoun in this sentence. "She ran to the field to play soccer with her brother."
Subject: She
Give 3 examples of possessive pronouns.
Mine, hers, his, theirs, ours
Pick out the antecedents. "Justin went to the playground with his sister Marie. They liked to go down the slides. After the playground, they went home." (There are two)
Justin and Marie
Fix these sentences. "Jordan and Ethan ran around the track during his practice. After practice, he went home to play with his dog."
During their practice, after practice (Jordan or Ethan) went home.