Subject and Object Pronouns; Direct and Indirect Objects

Gifting and Re-Gifting

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Focus on Grammar 2Part VII, Unit 24By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ WellsCopyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Gift GivingHi Bob. Happy Birthday! This gift is for you. I hope you like it.

It’s for me? Oh, thank you. You shouldn’t have.

Oh, it’s perfect. The colors are

just right for me.

Re-GiftingHi Al. Happy

Birthday! I have a gift for you. I hope you like it.

Hey, where did you get that

shirt?

But I gave it to him!

Well, Bob gave it to me.

For me? Oh, thanks. I really

like it!

Bob loves Linda.He

Subject PronounsA pronoun replaces a noun. A subject pronoun replaces a noun in subject position.

S

Bob loves Linda.her. O

Object PronounsAn object pronoun replaces a noun inobject position.

Subject Pronouns

Object Pronouns

meyouhimheritus

them

Iyouhe

sheit

wethey

Subject and Object Pronouns

Example: Tom fed his baby sister.

1. Jennifer got the keys.

2. The candy is for Michael and me.

3. Hormoz and Shemi took the test.

S

S

S

He fed her.

She got them.

It is for us.

They took it.

Practice 1 Identify the subjects and objects in the sentences. Replace them with pronouns.

O

O

O

O

S

Direct Object

Bob sent roses to his mother.

Direct and Indirect Objects 1Some sentences have two objects following the verb.

Indirect Object

Direct Object

Direct and Indirect Objects 2

Direct objects answer the questions whom or

what.

Bob sent roses to his mother.

What did Bob send?

Indirect objects

answer the questions to whom or to

what.

To whom did he send the roses?

Indirect Object

Subject Pronouns

Direct Object Pronouns

Indirect Object Pronouns

meyouhimheritus

them

Iyouhe

sheit

wethey

Pronouns

meyouhimheritus

them

Example: My friend sent us a gift in the mail.

Practice 2 Identify the direct objects (DO) and (IO) indirect objects in the sentences.

DOIO

DOIO

DOIO

DO IO

1. The mother read her children a bedtime story.

2. I handed the teacher the homework.

3. My parents wrote a letter to the company.

IODO

Lola sent them to him.

IO DO

Lola sent Bob the slippers.

Be Careful!

If the direct object is a pronoun, the pronoun always comes before the indirect object.

him them

Practice 3 Replace the direct and indirect objects with pronouns.

Example: I sent my mother some e-mails.

1. We showed Lisa the movie.

2. My sister loaned the car to Phil and me.

3. They passed the notes to Mr. Jackson.

I sent them to her.

We showed it to her.

My sister loaned it to us.

They passed them to him.

References

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