Subject Pronouns
What is a subject pronoun?
A pronoun that does the action.
What is an object pronoun?
A pronoun that receives the action.
Give one example of a reflexive pronoun.
himself, herself, myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
What is an antecedent?
The noun the pronoun refers to.
Replace with a pronoun: “(My sister) baked a cake.”
She baked a cake.
Identify the subject pronoun: “She plays basketball.”
She
Identify the object pronoun: “The teacher called us.”
Us
Identify the reflexive pronoun: “She taught herself to draw.”
herself
Identify the antecedent: “Eva lost her backpack.”
Eva
Replace with an object pronoun: “I saw (the puppies).”
I saw them.
Replace the subject: “(Lucas) is reading.”
He
Replace the object: “The dog followed (Sofia).”
her
Fill in: “We prepared ______ for the trip.”
ourselves
Identify the antecedent: “The boys cleaned their desks.”
the boys
Replace with a reflexive pronoun: “The girl looked at (the girl).”
herself
Rewrite using a subject pronoun: “My friends and I love pizza.”
We love pizza.
Fill in the blank: “My parents invited ______ to dinner.”
me/us
Replace the word: “The boy hurt (the boy) when he fell.”
himself
Identify the antecedent of they: “The students said they were tired.”
the students
Rewrite the sentence using any correct pronoun: “Lucas and Tom cleaned the room.”
They cleaned the room.
Name all singular subject pronouns.
I, you, he, she, it
Rewrite using an object pronoun: “I saw Carlos at recess.”
I saw him at recess.
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun: “You should be proud of ______.”
yourself/yourselves
Find the antecedent: “The robot turned itself off.”
Replace BOTH nouns with pronouns: “Maria gave Ana a gift.”
She gave her a gift.