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2a PRONOUNS
Personal Pronouns
Learning Use pronouns
Competency 1 effectively
(EN10G-IIIa-31).
Objectives
Types of Pronouns
1. Possessive pronouns
2. Personal pronouns
3. Relative pronouns
4. Reflexive pronouns
5. Indefinite pronouns
6. Demonstrative pronouns
7. Interrogative pronouns
8. Intensive pronouns
Essential Question
It – singular pronoun
They – is plural
- people (non-human but living things like animals, plants,
reefs etc) and non-living things loke books, chairs, etc)
Review
Examples:
You need to be at the train station by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.
They live in the house across ours.
Marie left it on top of the dining table.
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Singular Plural
First Person I we
Second Person you you
Third Person he, she, it they
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● Nominative/Subjective Case
Examples:
I need to visit my parents next week.
The doorman is he.
You, Jerry, should take this medicine every morning.
The director of the play, you, did a great job.
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A pronoun in the nominative case is also called a subjective pronoun. It has different
functions in sentences. Look at the examples below:
The word she is the main subject, while I is the subject of a clause.
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A pronoun in the nominative case is also called a subjective pronoun. It has different
functions in sentences. Look at the examples below:
I am she.
The pronoun she is used as the predicate nominative; it comes after a
linking verb and renames the subject.
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A pronoun in the nominative case is also called a subjective pronoun. It has different
functions in sentences. Look at the examples below:
The pronoun you is used as direct address; it is used to address the person spoken to directly.
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A pronoun in the nominative case is also called a subjective pronoun. It has different
functions in sentences. Look at the examples below:
The pronoun I is used as an appositive since it renames and identifies the subject we.
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Objective Case
Singular Plural
First Person me us
Second Person you you
Third Person him, her, it them
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● Objective Case
Examples:
Ms. Reyes told me to study more so that I would get better grades.
The shopkeeper gave him a piercing gaze as he approached the
store.
You need to apologize to her for the wrong things you have done.
The only ones who weren’t allowed to go to the party were the kids
sick with fever, Vanessa and me.
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A pronoun in the OBJECTIVE CASE has different functions.
VERBALS
PARTICIPLE
VERBALS
GERUND
VERBALS
INFINITIVES
Infinitives are a form of verbs that are formed by adding the word
‘to’ in front of the verb. They can work as nouns, adverbs, or
adjectives in a sentence
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objective pronouns can be object of a verbal
Absolute
Hers HIS
Mine Theirs
Yours
Ours
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● Possessive Case - A personal pronoun in its possessive case
is used to show possession or ownership. We can use a
possessive pronoun either as an absolute possessive
pronoun or as a possessive adjective.
● Possessive Case
Examples:
The child walking down the street is theirs.
The child walking down the street is their child.
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Some Guidelines Regarding the Use of Personal Pronouns
● When a personal pronoun is joined with a noun by a
conjunction, the case of the pronoun depends on its
position in the sentence.
Examples:
Incorrect: Mary and me will go to the market to buy vegetables and fish.
Correct: Mary and I will go to the market to buy vegetables and fish.
In the first sentence, the pronoun I is part of the subject; so I is in the nominative case.
In the second sentence, the pronoun me with the noun Sam is the object of the preposition to; so me is in
the objective case.
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Examples:
Our car is larger than them.
Our car is larger than their car.
Our car is larger than theirs.
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● Sentences containing comparisons usually leave out some words, making it tricky to
decide which case of personal pronoun to use. Complete the comparisons in your head
to figure out the right pronoun for the sentence.
● Sentences containing comparisons usually leave out some words, making it tricky to
decide which case of personal pronoun to use. Complete the comparisons in your head
to figure out the right pronoun for the sentence.
Examples:
Incorrect: It was her who cut the folders.
Correct: It was she who cut the folders.
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● Personal pronouns functioning as the predicate nominative rename the subject in a sentence. They often
follow be verbs.
Although the first sentence is the one that is commonly used, it is incorrect. Since the pronoun
comes after the verb was, the pronoun used should be a nominative pronoun.
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● Personal pronouns functioning as the predicate nominative rename
the subject in a sentence. They often follow be verbs.
1. The class will be divided into four groups, and each group
will accomplish the following tasks.
a. Take turns making a statement about someone in the
group while using a personal pronoun instead of
his/her name.
Examples:
I sit beside her.
He lent me his pen yesterday.
Synthesis