Pronouns take the place of nouns. Personal pronouns have what is called case. Case means that a different form of a pronoun is used for different parts of the sentence. There are three cases: nominative, objective, and possessive. Many mistakes are made in the use of nominative and objective case pronouns. Memorizing each list will help you use them correctly.
Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who.
They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when
used with a subject or predicate nominative.
Objective case pronouns are me, her, him, us, them, and whom.
They are used as direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the
preposition, and appositives when used with one of the objects. (We
will learn about indirect objects and objects of the preposition in
later lessons.) (You and it are both nominative and objective
case.)
Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers,
its, our, ours, your, yours, their, and theirs. They are used to show
ownership.
Instructions: Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.
1. It could have been (them, they).
2. Yes, it was (us, we).
3. The runaway girl was (her, she).
4. This is (him, he).
5. The winner was (me, I).
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Answers:
1. It could have been they.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
2. Yes, it was we.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
3. The runaway girl was she.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
4. This is he.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
5. The winner was I.
- predicate nominative, nominative case
Note: Predicate nominatives give us the most trouble; therefore, these may all
sound strange to you, but they are correct.
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