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Pronoun Case
Pronoun Case-Blackmon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the subjective or nominative pronouns? | I, you, he, she, itWe, they, who |
| What are the objective pronouns? | me, you, him, her, itus, them, whom |
| When does one use the subjective case? | When the pronoun is in the subject or the predicate noun. |
| When does one use the objective case? | When the pronoun is the direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition. |
| What is a predicate noun? | A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and re-names the subject. |
| What is a direct object? | A direct object will follow a transitive verb [a type of action verb]. If you can identify the subject and verb in a sentence, then finding the direct object—if one exists—is easy. Just remember this simple formula:subject + verb + what? or who? = direct |
| What is the correct pronoun for this sentence?The teacher who loves cats is (she, her). | The correct answer is she, the nominative case, because the pronoun is the predicate noun re-naming the subject: teacher. |
| What is the correct pronoun for this sentence?Either Mark or (I, me) will attend the meeting to plan the party. | The correct answer is I, the nominative case, because the pronoun is in the subject, which in this case is compound: Mark and I. |
| What is the correct pronoun for this sentence?He gave the flowers to Jane and (I, me). | The correct answer is me, the objective case, because the pronoun is the object of the preposition "to". |
| What is the correct pronoun for this sentence? The teacher gave (us, we) boys a second chance. | The correct answer is us, the objective case, because the pronoun is the indirect object. |