Types of Pronouns Del Mar Middle School 7 th Grade English Pronouns A Pronoun is a basic part of speech that is used in place of a noun Find the Pronouns in the following sentence ID: 279937
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Grammar – Parts of Speech
Types of Pronouns
Del Mar Middle School – 7
th
Grade EnglishSlide2
Pronouns
A
Pronoun
is a basic part of speech that is used in place of a noun.
Find the
Pronouns
in the following sentence:
I was aghast when
Nicole
told me that
her
mom bought her car at his uncle’s Porsche dealership in Botswana.Slide3
Subject Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
are used when they are the subject of the sentence.
Subject Pronouns:
I, You, He, She, It, We, They
Find the
Subject Pronouns
in the following sentence:
I
told Lauren
that snakes cannot fly, but she just smiled fatuously and started laughing at me.Slide4
Object Pronouns
Object Pronouns
are used everywhere else in a sentence (as direct and indirect objects of verbs and as objects of a preposition).
Object Pronouns:
Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them
Find the
Object Pronouns
in the following sentence:
Lucas
told me that his mind was made up, his inner fortitude was at its strongest. It was over!Slide5
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
show ownership and never need apostrophes.
Possessive Pronouns:
Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Its, Ours, Theirs
Find the
Possessive Pronouns
in the following sentence:
A (not) famous maxim once said: what’s mine is yours, and what’s ours is theirs.