OBJECT PRONOUN Basic 1

Teacher: Celi

Object Pronouns

• I me• You you• He him• She her• It it• We us• You you• They them

Uses of Object Pronouns

• As direct Object: Use it after the verb.

• This is Adele. I love her.• It is a horror movie. I like it.

• Note: The subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb, and a direct object receives the action of the verb. E.g. My husband likes mangoes. He likes them.

ORAL ACTIVITY

What do you think of...? I like/love_______ or I don’t like/ I hate______ .

1. Ivete Sangalo2. Pablo3. Salvador4. Romantic movies5. Neymar6. Barack Obama7. Dilma8. Psirico9. Your job / your school10. dogs

• 11. Opera• 12. Faustão• 13. Computer• 14. Bahia Team• 15. Vitória Team• 16. Reggae• 17. Cigarrets• 18. Beer• 19. Rock music• 20. Paralamas do Sucesso

• 21. Coke• 22. Paula Fernandes• 23. Jaques Wagner• 23. Xuxa• 24. Horror movies• 25. Banana• 26. Chiclete com Banana• 27. Pagode• 28. Television• 29. Spiders• 30. “Sarapatel”

Practice

A. Substitute the underlined words by the object pronouns:

1. Do you have the tickets?2. Mary wants coffee with cream.3. Sanford and Mary never eat meat.4. They want to travel with Mike and I.5. I love this jacket.6. Tom always gives a present to his mom.

In Prepositional Phrases: Use it after the preposition (indirect object).

• Give this hat to Jane. Give this hat to her.• He’s buying a bag for his wife.• He’s buying a bag for her.

• In sentences with both direct objects and objects pronouns, the prepositional phrase comes last.

E.g. I want the sweatpants. Can you gift wrap them (the sweatpants) for me?

Indirect Object

• When a sentence contains a direct object and prepositional phrase, you can use a indirect

object to say the same thing.Prepositional phrase indirect objectI’m buying the gloves for her. I’m buying her the gloves.Give the sweater to Ben. Give Ben the sweater.