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11/5/12
Assignments:
7th Grade Language Arts
-Lit Circles (W)
Agenda:
-The Boston Observer and 3
1. Warm-up: sticky notes (TH)
2. Grammar -Vocab Writing (F)
3. Johnny Tremain -Final Draft of Biography (End of
class Friday)
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What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent.
Person and Number:
• first-person, second-person, and third-person/singular and plural
Case: Three cases- subject, object, and possessive
Subject: She took a deep breath
Object: Jerry told her about the problem.
Possessive: I like your story better than mine.
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Used As: 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
he,
a subject of
a sentence or
I you
she, it
as a
Subject predicate
noun after a
linking verb
we you they
him, her,
a direct
me you
object, and
it
Object indirect
object, or an
object of a us you them
preposition
my, your, his, her,
show
mine yours hers, its
Possessive ownership or
relationship our, your, their,
ours yours theirs
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Subject Pronouns:
The Apollo program was a great success. It put man on
the moon.
The greatest astronauts were they.
The biggest supporters were she and I.
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Object Pronouns:
Bad storms scare me.
Give me an explanation of how hurricanes form.
When he sees big storms, he runs from them.
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Possessive Pronouns:
*the pronouns above in bold can stand alone also.
The dog pricked up its little ears.
The cat is mine.
What color is his?
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Examples:
1. Although the Wright brothers went to Kitty Hawk in September, (them, they)
made their first successful flight in December.
2. At first, (we, us) in America did not pay much attention to this flight.
3. When P.T. Barnum found Tom Thumb, he asked the little man to work for (him,
he).
4. Even people in England were amazed when Barnum showed (they, them) little
Tom Thumb.
5. Living in the age of jets and rockets, you and (me, I) should appreciate the
Wright brothers' contributions to flight.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate pronouns:
1. May Beth and ______________________help with decorations?
2. The starting quarterback will be either Marcus or ________________.
3. When will you send ____________ the yellow yarn?
4. The stranger asked _____________ for directions.
5. The soldier at the gate saluted Jimmy and ______________.
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