Rule #1: Take Charge of Your Learning Active Listening Use your voice Focused Attentive
Rule #2: Safety at All Times Safe hands and feet Safe environment
Rule #3: Respect Respect towards my teacher Respect towards my classmates Respect towards the materials and supplies in my class
Rule #4: Kindness The Golden Rule: Treat others how you want to be treated
Recap
Unlocking of Difficulties
Cases of Nouns and Pronouns
Cases of Nouns
Subjective Objective Possessive
Subjective(Nominative) Case These nouns either are the subject of the sentence or are used as a predicate noun, which follows a “be” verb and renames the main subject of the sentence
Examples: Mary drove to the store. Elvis sang for many years.
Examples: The teacher was the speaker.
Objective (Accusative) Case Nouns are referred to as objective when they are used as direct objects, indirect objects or objects of a preposition.
Direct Object It receives the action in a sentence. They can typically be found by looking at the verb and asking “what?” or sometimes “whom?”.
Example: Show her the book. My brother licked a lizard.
Ind irect Object It receives the direct object and can be identified by locating the direct object first and then ask who received that direct object.
Example: Mark threw his father the football. Barbara gave her sister a dollar.
Object of the preposition A noun or pronoun that follows a preposition.
Example: He eats with me Mark thre w the football to his father.
Possessive Case A possessive case is used to show ownership. Example: Mary’s backpack was red. Gerald’s shirt was blue with white.
Subjective Possessive Objective Nouns Singular Mary Mary’s Mary frog Frog’s frog Plural frogs Frogs’ frogs witches Witches’ witches
Cases of Pronouns
Subjective Case The subjective case is used when the pronoun is either the subject or the complement of the subject in a sentence.
Person Singular Plural First I We Second you you Third He (male), she (female) they
Examples: She gave her goldfish to the boy next door. It was he who called me a bad name.
Subjective pronouns examples: I, YOU, HE, SHE, WE, THEY
Use the subjective case: At the beginning of the sentence After any form of the verb “to be” (is, was, will be)
Objective Case The objective case is used when a pronoun is an object of the sentence
Person Singular Plural First me Us Second you you Third Him (male), her (female), it (animals or inanimate objects) they
Example: Arnold sent flowers to her. ( D irect object- it answers the question, for whom are the flowers)
Use objective case: After action verbs After preposition “Several of us girls are going to Canada for our holidays in March.”
Possessive Case A possessive case is used to show ownership. Example: The goldfish was ours. MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS
Person Singular Plural First mine ours Second yours yours Third his (male), hers (female) theirs
Enumerate 3 (three) cases of pronouns
Differentiate the three of them.
Pronoun Wheel
Where I Belong
Test I. Directions: Identify the case of each italicized pronoun. Joel bought flowers for her. They are planning to go on an outing tomorrow. You have never actually loved Alex. Those red bags are mine. Shella believes this kit is yours.
Test II. Directions: Construct sentences using the following pronouns. HIM (Objective case) HERS (Possessive case) YOU (Objective case) YOU (Subjective case) THEM (Objective case)
Assignment Construct 3 (three) sentences for each of the cases of pronouns.
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