PPT-Chapter 18: Pronoun Case

Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns or pronouns Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things These pronouns can take different cases or forms as they perform different jobs in a sentence . brPage 1br Demonstrative Pronoun brPage 2br Demonstrative Pronoun this. , . which. , . that. and . it. From the UWF Writing Lab’s . 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #84. Pronouns get their meaning from a specific one-word antecedent, usually a noun or another pronoun. Therefore, writers should avoid using . An Overview. Pronouns. Definition: a word or phrase that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase; takes the place of a noun/noun phrase you have already mentioned. There are subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns. Objective and Subjective Case. Alejandro, Malika. Christopher, Julia. Lesson 11. Objective Case. . Use the objective form of a personal pronoun when the pronoun functions as a direct object, indirect object or object of preposition. Also use the objective form when the pronoun is a part of a compound object.. Chapter 17 pg 547-571. Case Forms. Practice: Ex 1 pg 548 . Identify personal pronouns and give person, number, and case. Jeffery mentioned your interest in African art and Francine’s interest in modern art.. Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. . As with verbs, there are three types of errors that a pronoun can have:. Agreement. Ambiguity. Case. AGREEMENT. Pronouns must agree in number with the nouns they replace.. What Pronouns Do…. Pronouns SUBSTITUE for nouns.. Instead of saying, . George. went to . George’s . house, and . George. ate dinner before doing . George’s . homework, . we can say, . George . . UWF Writing Lab Grammar Skills Series #. 5. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Michael Mobley. Last Updated Spring 2017. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. Antecedent . What is an . Antecedent?. Pronouns get their meaning from the words they stand for; these words are called . antecedents. .. Antecedents are the words that pronouns take the place of later on in the sentence.. Subjects . and . Objects. Nouns. that take verbs are . subjects. Nouns. that do not take verbs are . objects. Captain Jones . waved . around . his . saber. . and . threatened. . the. landlubbers. Preposition. A word that connects a noun or pronoun with another noun or pronoun.. Examples: in, on, at, against, with, to, for, etc.. Preposition. 3. types of prepositions. Place. Time. Direction . Rochelle and my sister. are waiting for the school bus.. A.. B. .. C. .. D. .. Them. Themselves. They. Their. Which word in the sentence below is the adverb?. Todd stepped quietly around the sleepy dog.. Grammar 3.3 Interrogatives and Demonstratives; Pronoun Agreement Main Ideas Interrogative Pronouns are usually found in sentences that ask questions. The antecedent of the interrogative pronoun usually answers the question. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Pronouns A pronoun takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns. Example: -Susan watched the monkey make faces at her little brother and sister. - She laughed at