Grammar, Usage and Mechanics

Chapter 3: Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

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Chapter 3- Pronouns

Pronoun:

Personal pronouns have three gender forms:

• masculine he, his, him

• feminine she, her, hers

• neuter it, its

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A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

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REFERS TO

The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent.

Ramon visited Death Valley, and he was impressed.

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The hero has to use all his wits to solve the crime.

Agatha Christie sets many of her stories in England.Agatha Christie her

hero his

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Pronouns such as we, I, he, them and it are called personal pronouns.

Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases.

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There are first-person, second-person, and third-person personal pronouns, each having both singular and plural forms.

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Use a singular pronoun to refer to a singular antecedent.

One story has its setting in Egypt.story its

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Use a plural pronoun to refer to a plural antecedent.

The characters have their motives for murder.characters their

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The pronoun must agree in person with the antecedent.

Louis likes his mysteries to have surprise endings.Louis his

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Singular Plural

FIRST PERSON FIRST PERSON

SECOND PERSON SECOND PERSON

THIRD PERSON THIRD PERSON

I went out. We left early.

You left too. You are leaving.

He came by bus. They came by car.

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Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

Sheila is my best friend, but she makes really bad puns.

1.

Practice and Apply

Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

Reggie mentioned he ate a can of soup for his lunch.

2.

Practice and Apply

Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

What did Sheila say? “I hope you got the lead out.”

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Practice and Apply

Each personal pronoun forms three cases: subject, object, and possessive.

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POSSESSIVE

OBJECT

SUBJECT

He read about Death Valley.

Julie asked him about the rocks.

Ramon bought his book.

Choose the pronoun form depending on the pronoun’s function in the sentence.

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Pronouns help you talk about people concisely when you’re telling a story.

Why It Matters

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Subject Pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence. Friends often play on opposing teams.

They compete hard against each other.

They replaces noun subject Friends.

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Object Pronouns are personal pronouns used as direct objects, as indirect objects, or as the objects of prepositions.

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Direct Object: Asks whom or what? True animal stories fascinate Jen.

Indirect Object: tells to whom or what an actions is performed Jen gave me a book about a dolphin who guided

ships.

Object of a preposition: follows a preposition (to, from, for, against, by or about) Can you tell the story to her and me?

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Possessive Pronouns are personal pronouns used to show ownership or relationship.

The possessive pronouns my, you, her, his, our, and their come before nouns.

Some of my best friends live in other countries.

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