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Activities 1.5, 1.14, 1.15
Lesson: Pronouns Learning Targets
• Review, identify, and use different pronoun types.
• Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, or possessive). • Use intensive pronouns (for instance, myself, ourselves).
Pronouns refer to persons, places, ideas, and things. They take the place of nouns or other pronouns. There are many different kinds of pronouns. Here are three kinds.
Types of Pronouns and Their Functions
Examples
Personal
refers to people or animals
I, me, my, mine; you, your, yours; he, him, she, her, hers, it, its; we, us, our, ours; they, them, their, theirs
Reflexive
refers to the subject of the verb; functions as a complement or as the object of a preposition
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Intensive
emphasizes its antecedent (the noun or pronoun it refers to)
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Using Pronouns Correctly
It is important to use pronoun forms carefully so that readers can understand what they refer to.
Pronoun Case of Personal Pronouns: In English, pronoun case (the form of the pronoun) tells you whether the word can be used as a subject, an object, or a possessive. Review the pronoun forms you studied in Activity 1.6:
Subject (Nominative) Case
Objective Case
Possessive Case
8 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 6
Singular
First person
I
me
my, mine
Second person
you
you
your, yours
Third person
he, she, it
him, her, it
his, her, hers, its
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