About Personal Pronouns
What is a Pronoun?
A word that take the place of a noun.
Choose someone from the opposing team to answer the question but your team gets the points!
We use a subject pronoun after the word 'Let'
True or false
false
What is the error?
When you finish your work please pass them up to me.
them
Complete the sentence:
The dog attacked Mike and (I, me)
me
Double Points!!
What do you call the word or words (either a noun or a pronoun) to which a personal pronoun refers.
Antecedent
A subject pronoun should follow the verb 'am'
True or false
true
Bad Luck! You answer the question but the other team gets the points
What is the error?
I met Sally with her dog yesterday. She took him for a walk.
him
Lucky Day! Choose someone from the opposing team to answer the question. If they get it correct, your team gets the point.
Complete the sentence:
(I, me) managed to escape but (he, him) was too slow
I
he
you and they are examples of personal pronouns
True or False?
True
Is the use of the pronoun correct in the following sentence?
The recent drought has affected us in many ways
For triple points state the personal pronoun rule it follows or does not follow
Yes it it correct. It is an object pronoun used in the object of the sentence.
What is the error?
Let you and I try what we can do.
I
Complete the sentence:
Charles built two houses last year. He has not sold _____ as yet.
them
Which pronoun in the following sentence is not a personal pronouns?: He bought candy for his mom.
his
The pronouns ' me, you, him, her, it, them should follow the word 'as'
True or false
Why?
False. They are object pronouns and the rule states that subject pronouns should follow the word 'as'
Double points:
Identify the error, state why it is an error, and state the sentence correctly:
Between you and I, I do not believe him.
Between you and me, I do not believe him.
'me' follows a preposition and so the object pronoun is used.
Complete the sentence:
The match was drawn as_________ scored as many goals as ________
we, they
Lucky Day! Ask a teammate for help!
Name all personal pronouns in the following paragraph, and state whether they are subject or object pronouns: He wanted to take them to the pool. They didn't want to go to the pool with him. They decided to not go there.
Subject pronouns: He, they, they Object pronouns: them, him.
Double Points!
It appears to be she who stole the cookie from the jar.
Achilles said the use of the pronoun in this sentence is correct but Ethan says it's incorrect. Who is right and why?
Achilles is correct because the pronoun follows the phrase ' it appears to be' and therefore a subject pronoun is used
There are two errors. What are they?
We are not so poor as them, so we should help they.
them ----> they
they----> them
You have a choice!
You can choose two other persons to assist you in answering the question (each person fill in a missing space) for triple points but if one person gets an answer wrong you lose those points to the other team OR you can choose to answer the question on your own for 500 points
May advised _____ to go but _____ did not want to go with Sally and ______
him/her, he/she, me