 Task1

Read the excerpt from the story “A Day in the

Country” on p. 288. Fill out the table with the
correct cases of pronoun taken from the excerpt.

The boy does not sleep. He gazes into the

darkness, and it seems to him that he is seeing
all that he has seen in the day: the storm-
clouds, the bright sunshine, the birds, the fish,
lanky Terenty. The number of his impressions
together with exhaustion and hunger are too
much for him; he is as hot as though he were
on fire and tosses from side to side. He longs
to tell someone all that is haunting him now in
the darkness and agitating his soul, but there
is no one to tell. Fyokla is too little and could
not understand.
Pronoun Cases of Pronoun

Subjective Objective Possessive

1. How did you identify the cases
of pronoun?
2. Differentiate the three terms:
Subjective, Objective and
Possessive
 Cases of Pronoun
Personal Pronouns
Singular Subjective Objective Possessive
1st person I Me My, mine
2nd person You You Your, yours
3rd person He, she, it Him, her, it His, her,
hers, its

Plural
1st person We Us Our, ours
2nd person You You Your, yours
3rd person They Them Their,
theirs
Subjective
- is used when the pronoun is the
subject of the sentence.

Examples:
1. She was quiet as she entered the
museum.
2. I have a big chocolate bar.
3. He has a cake
4. We could have a party
5. They could come too.
Objective
- is used as the direct object,
indirect object or the object of the
preposition.

Examples:
1. I was so thrilled that I gave her a big
hug.
2. Give the chocolate to me, please.
3. You could give it to him, instead.
4. Please share it with all of us.
5. Do we have to share it with them?
Possessive
- is used to show ownership or
possession of something.

Example:
1. My car wouldn’t start because I left
the headlights on.
2. That shirt is mine.
3. The house is theirs.
4. The dog is scratching its ear.
5. It’s their house.
Activity
Direction: Circle the correct case of the
pronoun in each sentence below.
1. Maria and (her, she) laughed and talked well
into the night.
2. (Him, He) and I just don’t seem to get along
very well these days.
3. It was (her, she) who used the computer for
three days.
4. Cora handed Tom and (I, me) the employment
applications.
5. Between you and (I, me) cases of pronouns can
be very confusing.
Quiz
Direction: Identify the case of each
underlined pronoun. Write O if the
case is objective, S if subjective,
and P if possessive.

1. They cross the railway line.

2. There is no secret in nature which
baffles him.
3. Fyokla leads him into a thicket.
4. He is like a pickpocket in his ways.
5. Its power is tremendous.
Assignment:

Direction: Think of a beautiful story

told by your grandparents about the
place you grew up in. Use pronouns
effectively. Do this on a sheet of
paper.

Criteria:
Content Relevance (3) -
Accuracy of Pronouns
Used (2) -
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