GRAMMAR UNIT!
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Ch. 10: Using Pronouns Correctly!
Mrs. Higgins ~ 8th Grade!
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Name: _____________________!
Date: _____________________!
Class color: ___________________!
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Three Cases
Nominative Case
Objective Case
Possessive Case
Singular
Pronouns
I!
you!
he, she, it
me!
you!
him, her, it
my, mine!
your, yours!
his, her, hers, its
Plural Pronouns
we!
you!
they
us!
you!
them
our, ours!
your, yours!
their, theirs
Usage
The SUBJECT(S) of a sentence .
The OBJECT(S) of a sentence.!
1. Direct Object = tells who or what receives
the action of the ______________ .!
2. Indirect Object = tells to whom or to what
the ________________ is being done.
Possession or Ownership of an item
(NOUN)
Hints
• will almost always be at the BEGINNING
of a sentence (except in Questions)!
• to choose the correct pronoun when you
have a compound subject, say each
pronoun separately in the sentence
• will be AFTER the verb/verb phrase (END or
MIDDLE of a sentence)!
• to choose the correct pronoun when you have
a compound indirect object, say each pronoun
separately in the sentence
• will always be followed by a NOUN when
Pronoun is in the Possessive Case, BUT
see Tricky situations below! !
• NEVER use apostrophes
Examples &
Practice
I like seltzer. (“I” is the subject)!
Wendy gave it to her dog, Nana.!
Jack is having his iPad repaired.
____________Inbox had too many emails.!
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_______ and _______ do not like Gatorade.! She fed ______________ a bone.!
____________ are going to the dance!!
Tricky!
(Sometimes the Nominative Case is in
the Predicate.)!
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The last one to leave was _____________ .!
(HINT: Reverse it
_______________ was
the last one to leave.)!
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The first people to eat were ____________ .
(Reverse it)
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Do you know _____________ address?!
Hiba took ____________ to the party.!
Tricky (See Hints above)!
The class elected ___________ and
____________ to be Student Council
representatives.!
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Tricky (Can be Subject, Predicate , or
Object)!
Your iPad and __________ are broken.!
This jacket is _______________ .!
Liz helped Diana and _____________ clean the
cafeteria.!
Greta and Alicia won the lottery, and the
winnings will be divided equally between
____________ and ___________ .
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We painted ____________ today.!
We gave _____________ to the neighbors.
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Special Pronoun Problems: Sticky Situations
Situation
Usage
Who vs. Whom
An Appositive Pronoun is placed next to
another noun to identify or describe it.!
Whom = Objective Case (The OBJECT)!
Whomever
The Appositive Pronouns are in either the
Nominative Case or the Objective Case.
himself! !
themselves!
myself! !
Our team needs a pitcher ____________
can throw curve balls. (Subject)!
The runners—-he, she, and I—-warmed up
before the race. (Nominative Case)!
The mayor voted for _________________
in May’s election.!
The teacher ____________ we hired eats a
lot of onions. (Object)!
The drama coach introduced the actors, him
and me. (Objective Case)!
The girls bought ____________________!
some comic books.!
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Who vs. Whom!
With ______________ are you going to the
dance?!
______________ is your favorite singer?!
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Whoever vs. Whomever!
Kyle decided to vote for ________________
he liked most.!
____________________ Anna picks to be
her date for Semi will be a lucky guy.!
HInts
Reflexive Pronouns
Who = Nominative Case (the SUBJECT)!
Whoever!
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Examples &
Practice
Appositives
If you can answer the question or fill in the
sentence with ‘HE’ then use WHO.!
If you can answer the question or fill in the
sentence with ‘HIM” then use WHOM.!
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Examples: With WHOM are you going to the
dance? I am going with HIM. (Hint: both
have M’s)!
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WHO is your favorite singer? HE is my
favorite singer. (No M’s)
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(We, Us) cheerleaders practice everyday after
school.!
The coach threw a party for (we, us) players.!
Two skiers—-(she, her) and (me, I)—-qualified
for the State Championship.!
The principal gave several students, (he, him)
and (they, them), awards at the assembly.!
Hint: Try replacing the appositive with each
pronoun separately to determine which sounds
best. See below.!
Nominative Case: (We, Us) athletes are
having an awards banquet next week.!
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We are having an awards banquet next week.!
Us are having an awards banquet next week.!
Objective Case: The team threw a party for
(us, we) coaches. !
The team threw a party for us.!
The team threw a party for we.
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herself! !
ourselves !
yourself!!
itself!
yourselves!
oneself
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Robby took two servings of apple pie for
_________________________ .!
Grace is going to learn to read French
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I will be traveling all the way to Canada by
_____________________ .!
We should have a rehearsal for the play
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It’s important that you all learn to clean up
after ________________________ .
We don’t use nonstandard forms such as:
hisself, theirselves, themself, ourself.