Subject Pronouns

• Subject and object pronouns.

A. Subject pronouns:
1. In the nominative case
2. Used as the subject of a sentence.
3. she, he, I, You, it, they, we
B. Object Pronouns
1. In the objective case
2. Used as the object of a verb or preposition.
3. me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
 Earlier…
• We talked about pronouns.
• What are pronouns like?
• What are personal pronouns?
• What is an antecedent?
 Today…
• We are going to look at some different
types of pronouns.

• How do we know when to use I and when to

use me? They or them? We or us? He or
him?

• We have to look at the case!

 Subject Pronouns
• Subject pronouns are pronouns that
are in the nominative case (That
means they are the subject!)
• They are used as the subject of the
sentence! (WOW!)
• It’s “The Doer!”
 Subject Pronouns!
• Example:
– Rita likes books! She loves them so
much!

• In this case SHE is the subject

pronoun. It replaces Rita.
 Subject Pronouns
• Here are the
common subject Singular Plural
pronouns:
I We
• Memorize these You You
and you shouldn’t He, She They
have any trouble
It
picking out subject
pronouns!
 Let’s find some subject
pronouns! (And ONLY the
subject pronouns!)
1. Gwendolyn Brooks writes poems about
everyday life; she is very famous.
2. She was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew
up in Chicago.
3. In 1949 she wrote a poetry collection
called Annie Allen.
4. I have read the book and the poems
fascinate me.
 Remember…
• Some personal pronouns are used as
the subjects of sentences.
• Some personal pronouns are used as
the objects of verbs (direct
objects!) or prepositions!