PronounsPronounsPronounsPronounsTake the place of a noun Take the place of a noun

or another pronounor another pronoun

I. Personal Pronouns

•most commonly recognized pronouns

•show person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), number (singular, plural), and case (subject, object, possessive)

A.Subject Pronouns• used as sentence

subject or as predicate noun

As a simple subject:Mark called Jill last night.He called Jill last night.

As part of a compound subject:Jill and Mark went out.Jill and he went out.

As a predicate noun:

The girl was Jill.

The girl was she.

As compound predicate nouns:The students were Jill and Mark.The students were she and he.

Subject Pronouns

Singular Plural1st I we

2nd you you

3rd he, she, it they

B. Object Pronouns• used as direct and

indirect objects• used as objects of

prepositions

As one direct object:Mark called Jill last night.

Mark called her last night.

As part of compound direct objects:

Jill called Alison and Rachel.Jill called Alison and her.Jill called them.

As an indirect object:Rachel told Evan the news.

Rachel told him the news.

As part of compound indirect object:

Rachel told Evan and Dave the news.

Rachel told Evan and him the news.Rachel told them the news.

As an object of a preposition:Evan is mad at Mark now.Evan is mad at him now.

As part of compound object of preposition:

Evan is mad at Mark and Jill.Evan is mad at Mark and her.Evan is mad at them.

Object Pronouns

Singular Plural1st me us

2nd you you

3rd him, her, it them

C. Possessive Pronouns• used in place of possessive

nouns to show ownership or relationship

• do NOT use apostrophes

•Some are used like adjectives, and MUST have a noun.Evan thought Jill was his girlfriend.Jill knew she wasn’t their girlfriend.

•Some stand alone in the sentence.Evan thought Jill was his.Jill knew she wasn’t theirs .

Possessive Pronouns

Singular Plural1st my/mine our/ours

2nd your/yours your/yours

3rd his, its, their/theirs

her/hers