Pronouns PowerPoint
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Becoming Pros at PRONOUNS!
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Becoming Pros at
PRONOUNS!
A little review first…
WHAT IS A NOUN?
D. Sharon Pruitt, Happy Girl Licking A Red Lollipop, March 8, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
PERSON
PLACE
Paul (dex), toronto, August 1, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
THING
Wha’ppen, “Dissident Rides”, March 5, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
I went to the store with my mom to buy apples.
Find the nouns in the sentence.
Mom
Person
Store
Place
Apples
Thing
SO WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?!
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns
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Singular Pronouns
SHE
HIM HE
R
I
THERE
ME
HE
Bob threw the ball.
He threw it.
Ed Yourdon, “Little League Baseball”, May 30, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Stacey is happy.
She is happy.
Worldizen, “Beautiful Smile”, April 8, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Plural PronounsTHEY
WE
US THERE
YOU
THEM
Megan and Matt are walking.
They are walking.
Lee J. Haywood, “A Family Walking in the Park”, April 26, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Brooke and I are going to school.
We are going there.
Trailnet, “Trailnet-SR2S-01”, July 23,2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution
Singular or Plural?He UsThemThere
SingularPluralPluralSingular
