Grammar, Usage and Mechanics

1. Grammar, Usage and Mechanics Chapter 3: Pronouns

2. Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns • Pronoun: A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

3. Here’s the Idea Personal pronouns have three gender forms: • masculine he, his, him • feminine she, her, hers • neuter it, its

4. Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

5. REFERS TO Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. Ramon visited Death Valley, and he was impressed.

6. FEMININE his Agatha Christie hero her MASCULINE Here’s the Idea Agatha Christie sets many of her stories in England. The hero has to use all his wits to solve the crime.

7. Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns Pronouns such as we, I, he, them and it are calledpersonal pronouns. Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases.

8. Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns There are first-person, second-person, and third-person personal pronouns, each having both singular and plural forms.

9. REFERS TO story its Here’s the Idea Use asingularpronoun to refer to asingularantecedent. One story has its setting in Egypt.

10. REFERS TO characters their Here’s the Idea Use apluralpronoun to refer to apluralantecedent. The characters have their motives for murder.

11. THIRD PERSON Louis his Here’s the Idea The pronoun must agree in personwith the antecedent. Louis likes his mysteries to have surprise endings.

12. Singular Plural FIRST PERSON FIRST PERSON SECOND PERSON SECOND PERSON THIRD PERSON THIRD PERSON Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns I went out. We left early. You left too. You are leaving. He came by bus. They came by car.

13. 1. Sheila is my best friend, but she makes really bad puns. Practice and Apply Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

14. 2. Reggie mentioned he ate a can of soup for his lunch. Practice and Apply Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

15. 3. What did Sheila say? “I hope you got the lead out.” Practice and Apply Write the personal pronouns in the sentence below.

16. Here’s the Idea Chapter 3- Pronouns Each personal pronoun forms three cases: subject, object, and possessive.

17. POSSESSIVE OBJECT SUBJECT Here’s the Idea Choose the pronoun form depending on the pronoun’s function in the sentence. He read about Death Valley. Julie asked him about the rocks. Ramon bought his book.

18. Why It Matters Pronouns help you talk about people concisely when you’re telling a story.

19. Chapter 3- Prounouns • Subject Pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence. • Friends often play on opposing teams. They compete hard against each other. They replaces noun subject Friends.

20. Chapter 3- Pronouns • Object Pronouns are personal pronouns used as direct objects, as indirect objects, or as the objects of prepositions.

21. Chapter 3- Pronouns • Direct Object: Asks whom or what? • True animal stories fascinate Jen. • Indirect Object: tells to whom or what an actions is performed • Jen gave me a book about a dolphin who guided ships. • Object of a preposition: follows a preposition (to, from, for, against, by or about) • Can you tell the story to her and me?

22. Chapter 3- Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns are personal pronouns used to show ownership or relationship. • The possessive pronouns my, you, her, his, our, and their come before nouns. • Some of my best friends live in other countries. • All our correspondence is by e-mail.