Lessons 136-140 - Parts of the Sentence

DAILY GRAMMAR - - - - by Mr. Johanson
Lessons 136-140

Lesson 136 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Pronouns take the place of nouns. Personal pronouns have what is called case. Case means that a different form of a pronoun is used for different parts of the sentence. There are three cases: nominative, objective, and possessive. Many mistakes are made in the use of nominative and objective case pronouns. Memorizing each list will help you use them correctly.

Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who. They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when used with a subject or predicate nominative.

Objective case pronouns are me, her, him, us, them, and whom. They are used as direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the preposition, and appositives when used with one of the objects. (We will learn about indirect objects and objects of the preposition in later lessons.) (You and it are both nominative and objective case.)

Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their and theirs. They are used to show ownership.

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. (I, Me) went to the movie.

2. (Him, He) is my best friend.

3. (They, Them) will be here soon.

4. (She, Her) ran happily down the street.

5. There (we, us) went.

6. (Who, Whom) is it?

Answers

1. I - subject

2. He - subject

3. They - subject

4. She - subject

5. we - subject

6. Who - subject

Lesson 137 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who. They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when used with a subject or predicate nominative.

Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their and theirs. They are used to show ownership.

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. It could have been (them, they).

2. Yes, it was (us, we).

3. The runaway girl was (her, she).

4. This is (him, he).

5. The winner was (me, I).

Answers

1. they - predicate nominative

2. we - predicate nominative

3. she - predicate nominative

4. he - predicate nominative

5. I - predicate nominative

(Predicate nominatives give us the most trouble; therefore, these may all sound strange to you, but they are correct.)

Lesson 138 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who. They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when used with a subject or predicate nominative.

Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their and theirs. They are used to show ownership.

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. (Who, Whom) did you send?

2. The man saw (them, they) outside.

3. Had the girls met (he, him) before?

4. The boss helped (we, us), Tom and (I, me).

5. I saw (she, her) at the door.

Answers

1. Whom - direct object

2. them - direct object

3. him - direct object

4. us - direct object, me - appositive to a direct object

5. her - direct object

Lesson 139 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who. They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when used with a subject or predicate nominative.

Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their and theirs. They are used to show ownership.

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. Yes, it was (him, he).

2. (We, Us) girls went together to shop.

3. (Who, Whom) is on the phone? It is (me, I).

4. Jim met Pam and (me, I) at the movie.

5. The noise outside awakened (us, we).

Answers

1. he - predicate nominative

2. We - subject

3. who - subject, I - predicate nominative

4. me - direct object

5. us - direct object

Lesson 140 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who. They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when used with a subject or predicate nominative.

Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their and theirs. They are used to show ownership.

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. Where were you and (she, her)?

2. No, it was not (us, we).

3. The writer is (he, him).

4. The group was not expecting (I, me).

5. The winners were (they, them), John and (him, he).

Answers

1. she - subject

2. we - predicate nominative

3. he - predicate nominative

4. me - direct object

5. they - predicate nominative, he - an appositive to the predicate nominative

Quiz - Lessons 136 - 140 - Parts of the Sentence - Pronouns

Choose the correct form of the pronoun and tell why you chose it.

1. (Whom, who) can (we, us) get to do the job?

2. (They, them) saw (we, us) at the horse races.

3. (She, Her) was not answering (him, he) at that time.

4. The captains will be Paul and (me, I).

5. The women saw (us, we) boys at the store.

6. Did (we, us) choose (them, they) for our dates?

7. The teacher wants one person, (her, she).

8. (We, Us) boys, Bob and (me, I) captured those two girls, Emily and (her, she).

9. It certainly must be (them, they).

10. (Who, Whom) invited (him, he) to the party?

Answers

1. Whom - direct object, we - subject

2. They - subject, us - direct object

3. She - subject, him - direct object

4. I - predicate nominative

5. us - direct object

6. we - subject, them - direct object

7. her - appositive to the direct object

8. We - subject, I - appositive to subject, her - appositive to direct object

9. they - predicate nominative

10. Who - subject, him - direct object