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PRONOUNS
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PRONOUNS PART 1
Nominative
Objective
Possesive
PRONOUN NOMINATIVE CASE
Singular Plural
First Person I we
Second Person you you
Third Person he, she, it they
NOMINATIVE PRONOUNS - SUBJECT
I went on a trip.
He came along.
When the pronoun follows a “to be” verb, use the nominative form.
It was she.
It is I.
This is she.
PRONOUN OBJECTIVE CASE
Singular Plural
First Person me us
Second Person you you
Third Person him, her, it them
OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS
The group found me after a long search.
The stranger gave us a treasure map.
I climbed the mountain with him.
OBJECTIVE TEST
Substitute
Ben and (I, me) explored the outback.
I explored or me explored
Erin went with Ben and (I or me).
Erin went with I or Erin went with me.
PRONOUN POSSESIVE CASE
Singular Plural
First Person my, mine our, ours
Second Person your, your your, yours
Third Person his, her, hers, its their, theirs
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS VS. NOUN AND VERB
Its – possessive
It’s – It is
Their – possessive
They’re – They are
PRONOUNS PART 2
Who and Whom
WHO AND WHOM
Nominative who, whoever
Objective whom, whomever
WHO AND WHOM
Nominative who, whoever
If the pronoun is the subject or refers to the subject, use who
WHO AND WHOM
Objective whom, whomever
If the pronoun is the object or refers to the object, use whom
WHO OR WHOM IN A QUESTION
Determine if the pronoun is the subject or object of the sentence.
Subject – who
Object - whom
PRONOUNS PART 3
Agreement with Antecedents
PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT
Number – if the antecedent is singular, the pronoun is singular
Joe bought the books and threw (it or them) under his bed.
Gender – if the antecedent is masculine, the pronoun is masculine
Joe bought the books because (he or she)needed them for class.
PRONOUNS PART 4
Indefinite Pronouns
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Always singular:
another each everything one
anybody either neither somebody
anyone everybody nobody someone
anything everyone no one
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Always plural:
both few manyseveral
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Singular or plural:
all most nonesome any
