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.
Possessive pronouns never have apostrophes, but possessive nouns do. Do
not confuse the possessive personal pronouns its, your, and their
with the contractions it's (it is, it has), you're (you are), and
they're (they are).
Instructions: Tell how each italicized pronoun is used in these sentences.
1. It surely was she.
2. Did you see it?
3. Was it you or he at the play?
4. No, it wasn't we.
5. They saw me at the same time.
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Answers:
1. It surely was she.
- subject and predicate nominative, nominative case
2. Did you see it?
- subject, nominative case
- direct object, objective case
3. Was it you or he at the play?
- subject and predicate nominative, nominative case
4. No, it wasn't we.
- subject and predicate nominative, nominative case
5. They saw me at the same time.
- subject, nominative case
- direct object, objective case
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