Pronouns

-are words that take the

place of nouns.
-substitute of a noun
Cases of Pronouns
Nominative
/Subjective case
Objective case
Possessive case
Nominative/
Subjective case
-when a pronoun is
used as a subject, we
say that the pronoun
is in nominative case.
Examples:
1.We learned that one of the
dissolved substances in ocean water
is salt.

2.The guilty person is he who cannot

look at another in the eye.
Objective case
-a pronoun is in objective
case when it is used as an
object of a verb or an object
of preposition.
Examples:
1.Dorothy invited me.
2.The accreditors gave their
comments.
3.Jessie went with (them, they).
4.Give the envelope to him.
Possessive case
- a pronoun that shows
ownership is in the
possessive case.
Examples:
1.This book is mine.
2.Jhona is a friend of ours.
3.Is that blue bag yours or
his?
Circle the correct case of pronoun.
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 hours.
4. Cora handed Tom and (I, me) the
employment applications.
5. Between you and (I, me) cases of pronouns
can be very confusing.
 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.
Read the ff: excerpt from the story “A
Day in the Country” Fill out the table
with the correct cases of pronouns.
CASES

Nominative Possessive Objective

The boy does not sleep. He gazes into the
darkness, and it seems to him that he is
sending 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.
Directions:
Write 5 sentences of
each Case of Pronoun.
Underline the pronoun
in the sentence.