Making a Case for Pronouns

Three Types:SubjectiveObjectivePossessiveMaking a Case for Nouns & Pronouns

Subject NounsSingular subject nouns:Miss TillesstudentMegRobertbookclassroom

Plural subject nouns:teachersstudentsgirlsboysbooksclassroomsThey function as the subject of the sentence.

They are simply the who or what of the sentence.Quick writeChoose any one singular and one plural subject noun and write a complete sentence for each as the SUBJECT.Be sure you check for subject/verb agreement!

Plural subject nouns:teachersstudentsgirlsboysbooksclassroomsSingular subject nouns:Miss TillesstudentMegRobertbookclassroom

Find the subject noun. Is it singular or plural? Common or proper?Voters go to the ballot box to determine who is president.The White House is the residence for each of our first families.John Adams was the first of the chief executives to live there.A meeting of mapmakers was held in the map room.Once a week the Cabinet, a group of policymakers gathers for a meeting.Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are famous presidents.Under President John F. Kennedy, guidebooks to the buildings history were published.Subjective Pronouns:SingularPluralIWe*You*YouHe, She, ItTheySubjective (aka Nominative) PronounsThey function as the subject of the sentence.They are simply the who or what of the sentence.

Miss Tilles is going to leave for the meetingI am going to leave for the meetingJennifer is late already.She is late already.Check these out!The students will never make it on time.They will never make it on time.

David, you need to hurry.You need to hurryStudents, you need to hurryYou need to hurry.

Change the subject noun to a subject pronoun. Is it singular or plural?Voters go to the ballot box to determine who is president.The White House is the residence for each of our first families.John Adams was the first of the chief executives to live there.A meeting of mapmakers was held in the map room.Once a week the Cabinet, a group of policymakers gathers for a meeting.Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are famous presidents.Under President John F. Kennedy, guidebooks to the buildings history were published.

Now you tryReplace your selected singular and plural subject noun with a subject pronoun that fits! Rewrite the complete sentence for each.Be sure you check for subject/verb agreement!

Care w/ Compound Subjective PNsBrians brothers and he are going to the ball game.Sally, Lana, and she are going to the play.She and I dont see eye-to-eye on lots of things.We do not think alike.

Not so sure, try thisSay or write the sentence with only one subject.Youd never say:

Him is going to the mall.Me was at the ball game.Her sees eye-to-eye on lots of thingsUs do not think alike.

Homonym awarenessYouryoure

Homonym awarenessYouryoure

Lets see if Tim and Moby might be able to shed some light on this idea?Brainpop

Lets take a closer lookYour:Can be both singular and plural

This is your wonderful opportunity to learn about grammar.

Youre :

Youre so wise for paying such close attention to this grammar lesson!

If you can replace youre with you are in the sentence then the contraction form is correct, but if you cant then you need to use the possessive form of your.Helpful Hint

James exclaimed, Youre the best teacher ever, Ms. Tilles!

James exclaimed, Your the best teacher ever, Ms. Tilles!

Lets take a lookYour-shows possession; refers to something that belongs to or relates to the person who is being spoken to

Just like their is a plural possessive in the Brainpop video.Youre is a contraction; the usual way of saying or writing you are". This is not often used in formal writing. Not to confuse the issue, but lets not forget yours trulyYours: Something belonging to you. Used for showing that something belongs to or is connected with the person or people that you are talking or writing to.

Our plants didnt grow well this year, but yours look great.

This is my book. That one must be yours.Practice!You have to be very handy to survive this group with (your, youre) pride intact.(Your, Youre) an apt student in science.If (your, youre) not listening then you may miss the instructions.Ask for forgiveness when (your, youre) wrong.Do you like olives on (your, youre) pizza?HomeworkThis assignment is due next Wednesday, Feb. 22.Objective PronounsSingularPluralMe*YouHim, her, *itUs*YouThemObjective nouns & pronounsObjective pronouns are used as the objects in a sentence. Objects are the receiver of the action.They answer the questions whom? or what? after the actionJames wrestled his opponent to the ground.James wrestled him to the ground.Dr. Souders gave Eamon and Eric great praise.Dr. Souders gave them great praise.Please pass me you homework, Miss Tilles requested.