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- The following paragraph is hard to read because there are no pronouns. Rewrite the paragraph replacing some of nouns with pronouns. Remember to check for agreement and don’t get rid of all the nouns.
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- Example: She lost her glass slipper at the ball. (Cinderella)
- Notice that you and it are both nominative and objective
- Possessive case
- Possessive Pronouns used as Adjectives
- A. Read the sentences. Circle the correct pronoun. Write
   
Pronoun Walk… As you walk be on the lookout for pronouns. Write & illustrate 4 examples. Be sure to use the pronoun correctly. (underline any pronouns) EX. “My friend and I wore our backpacks to the library.” 1. 2.
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NAME:______________________________________ period:__________ date:_____________ Pronouns: 
a word that takes the place of a person, place, thing, or idea personal: a pronoun that refers to a the person or thing that is speaking, spoken to, or spoken about nominative: a pronoun that completes the action - I, you, he, she, we, they, it objective: a pronoun that receives the action or follows a preposition -me, you, him, her, us, them, it possessive: a pronoun that shows ownership - my, mine, your, your, his, hers, our, ours, their, theirs, its reflexive: a pronun that refers back to the subject of a sentence - myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves indefinite: a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person, place, thing or idea all another any anybody anyone anything both each either everybody everyone everything few many most neither no one nobody none nothing one several some somebody someone something interogative: a pronoun that is used to ask a question what, whatever – refers to inanimate things, places or ideas who, whom, whomever, whose – refers to people, who completes the action, whom receives the action, whose is used when you want to find ownership
or ideas
demonstrative: a pronoun that points to a specific noun this, that, those, these 1.
Pronouns in Writing: The following paragraph is hard to read because there are no pronouns. Rewrite the paragraph replacing some of nouns with pronouns. Remember to check for agreement and don’t get rid of all the nouns. The Green Lantern ring finally arrived in the mail. Jerry grabbed the package that held the Green Lantern ring while Jerry’s friends, Luke, Ann, and Grant looked on eagerly. Sally, Jerry’s little sister was over in the corner, unable to watch, but Sally kept jumping up and down saying “Sally wants to see the Green Lantern ring. Sally wants to see the Green Lantern ring.” Jerry’s hands shook as Jerry opened the package. Jerry, Jerry’s friends, and Jerry’s sister all held Jerry’s, Jerry’s friends’, and Jerry’s sister’s breath while Jerry pulled the Green Lantern ring out of the package. Jerry placed the Green Lantern ring on Jerry’s finger, raised Jerry’s fist up in the air, and placed Jerry’s other hand on Jerry’s waist. Jerry’s friends and Jerry’s sister clapped and cheered for Jerry. Jerry’s sister, Sally, said “Finally the hero that Luke, Ann, Grant, and Sally have been waiting for has arrived!” _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________'>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________'>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ Pronoun – Antecedent
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The pronoun needs to agree with the noun it replaces. It needs to agree in number, gender, and case. When it is plural use they or them. he she they we it them him her I his
2 Anne really wants to have picture taken with Cinderella. 3. loves all the princesses, but Cinderella is her favorite. 4. John said would not be in any picture with princesses. 5. I asked who he would be in a picture with. 6. The Seven Dwarfs was answer. 7. John likes that are short, especially Dopey. 8. Personally, am a little afraid of . 9. My fear is real even though kind of silly.
2 Mickey gave mom a kiss on her cheek. 3. Dad took a picture of them. 4. There were tons of people in the park, but it didn’t seem crowded. 5. Splash Mountain was my favorite ride, and we went on it ten times.
Pronouns: For each picture write a sentence that contains a pronoun and its antecedent. If you need to write a second sentence that contains the antecedent. Underline the pronoun and draw an arrow to the antecedent. 
  
2. Nominative case: Nominative pronouns are most often used as the subject of a sentence. The subject is the who or what that is doing something in the sentence.
first person – I, we second person: you third person – he, she, it, they
our new maroon socks. 7. Now they / them are pink instead of white! 8. Raymond hoped the coach would not be upset with she / her or we / us . 9. He / Him was not mad but did laugh with the whole team! 10. Our shirts were ruined, but we / us had to wear 3. 11. they / them until new white jerseys could be ordered. Possessive case: Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership or possession. Possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes. Possessive Pronouns used as Nouns These possessive pronouns are used as subjects or objects. first person – mine, ours second person: yours third person – his, hers, its, theirs Possessive Pronouns used as Adjectives These possessive adjectives modify and are always used with nouns. first person – my, our second person: your Notice that his and its both used as a noun or adjective. third person – his, her, its, their A. Read the sentences. Circle the correct pronoun. Write N for noun or A for adjective next to the number. 1. Louise went to the pet store with hers / her mother. 2. They were going to buy a pet that would be all hers / her . 3. All the animals in the pet store were in theirs /their cages. 4. One little puppy was walking around with a toy in its mouth. 5. The girl said, “That is the one I want. He will be my / mine.” 6. Mom said, “I don’t know if ours / our house and yard will be right for this little guy.” 7. The store clerk told them, “ Yours / Your yard should be fenced for this active puppy, but he is housetrained.” 8. “If you want this puppy to be yours / your , you need to promise to clean up after him and take him for walks. 9. She picked up the puppy and asked if the toy was its to keep. 10. “Yes”, said the clerk. “The toy is his .” 
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