Lesson 140 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

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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. Where were you and (she, her)?

2. No, it was not (us, we).

3. The writer is (he, him).

4. The group was not expecting (I, me).

5. The winners were (they, them), John and (him, he).

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Answers:

1. Where were you and she?

    - subject, nominative case

2. No, it was not we.

    - predicate nominative, nominative case

3. The writer is he.

    - predicate nominative, nominative case

4. The group was not expecting me.

    - direct object, objective case

5. The winners were they, John and he.

    - predicate nominative and appositive, nominative case

 

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