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Write the pronouns you hear and see.
Oops! It's so easy to make a mistake.
Did you catch the error?
It should be "They're not the same!"
These don't use apostrophes.
- a.Your tantrum was juvenile.
- (Ross's tantrum was juvenile.)
- b. Those mistakes are entirely hers.
- Those mistakes are Rachel's.
- c. Write your own.
These do use apostrophes.
- you are = you're we are = we're
- a. You're not understanding my perspective!
- b. We're through!
Use your text book p. 65-66 to fill out the chart in your notes.
Then start writing your own sentences.
"Ante" means "before"
The antecedent is located _before_ the pronoun.
Pronouns
- words that replace nouns
Who or whom?
Introduction
Conclusion
Pronouns
have a variety of...
persons
first, second, & third person
numbers
singular and plural
cases
subject, object, and possessive
Personal Pronouns
Each of the words you wrote down has its own...
- case
- number
- person
Let's fill out your chart!
Antecedent
Pronoun and Antecedent
Antecedent
A pronoun, as you know, replaces a noun in a sentence.
That noun is known as the antecedent.
A singular noun requires a singular pronoun.
- Mrs. Duggar loves each of her kids.
A plural noun requires a plural pronoun.
- Josiah and Jinger don't know how many more children their mother will have!
Subject and Object Pronouns
pronoun
Object
pronoun
- may be used as a direct or indirect object
- Dad is taking me to the Bears game.
- may be used as the object of a preposition.
- The trophy was awarded to Sophie and me.
Subject
- may be used as the subject of a sentence.
- I am going to the Bears game!
- may be used as a predicate pronoun after a linking verb
- The winners of the writing prize are Sophie and I.
Usage Rules
Mrs. Duggar
Ross and Rachel's pronoun argument:
Possessive Pronouns...
Notes
Possessive Pronouns vs. Contractions
Their not the same!
A. A possessive pronoun shows ownership or relationship.
B. A contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words with an apostrophe representing the missing letters.
Contractions...
Charts and homework
Ross and Mrs. Schelling are grammar nuts.