Subject & Object Pronouns - Antecedents.pdf

subject and object pronouns antecedent

2. Let's be Detectives!
Read this paragraph and find all the words
that refer to people or things:
Sarah loves her new bicycle. She rides it
every day after school. The bicycle is blue,
and it has a basket. Sarah's friends admire
the bicycle when they see it.

3. WHAT DID YOU FIND?
•SARAH (PERSON)
•HER (REFERS TO SARAH)
•SHE (REFERS TO SARAH)
•IT (REFERS TO BICYCLE)
•THEY (REFERS TO SARAH'S FRIENDS)

4. WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?
•Pronouns are words that take the
place of nouns
•Instead of saying “John ran fast," we
can say "he ran fast"
•Instead of saying “The book is
heavy," we can say “It is heavy"

5. What’s an Antecedent?
•The antecedent is the noun that the
pronoun replaces
•Example: Mary bought a cake. She
shared it with her friends.
•Mary →antecedent for "she"
•Cake →antecedent for "it"

6. SUBJECT PRONOUNS
Used as the subject of a sentence:
•I
•You
•He
•She
•It
•We
•They

7. OBJECT PRONOUNS
Used as the object in a sentence:
•Me
•You
•Him
•Her
•It
•Us
•Them

8. MATCH GAME!
•SUBJECT PRONOUNS →OBJECT PRONOUNS
•I →ME
•YOU →YOU
•HE →HIM
•SHE →HER
•IT →IT
•WE →US
•THEY →THEM

9. PRACTICE TIME!
•FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT PRONOUNS:
•TOM AND ___ (I/ME) WENT TO THE PARK
•PLEASE GIVE THE BOOK TO ___ (SHE/HER)
•___ (THEY/THEM) ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL

10. FIND THE ANTECEDENT
•The dog chased its ball. When the
ball rolled under the fence, it got stuck.
•Its →refers to dog
•It →refers to ball

11. COMMON
MISTAKES
Watch out for these errors:
•"Me and Tom went to school"
•"Tom and I went to school"
•"Give it to she"
•"Give it to her"

12. QUICK CHECK!
Choose the
correct
pronoun:
The teacher
gave (we/us)
homework
(He/Him) and
I are best
friends
Mom drove
(they/them)
to school