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Pronouns Unit Interactive Study Guide

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Lesson #1: What is a Pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes____ the place_____ of a noun_.

Practice: Write the pronoun from each sentence on the line.

1. It was an interesting class. It____________

2. Scott asked his friend for help. _his______________

3. Reagan studied with him. _him_________________

4. They prepared for the English test. _They_________________

5. Clap your hands. __your_______________

Practice: Circle the pronoun in each sentence, and then draw a line from the pronoun to the antecedent (noun) that is replaces.

1. Kyle uses a pencil to help him write in his assignments.

2. Kate takes her time on her work, and she enjoys the A’s she earns.

3. My family and I ride bikes to take us to the park.

4. The active dog takes his bone to his owner to be thrown.

5. An old man at the store said he would like some assistance.

Lesson #2: Subject Pronouns

A subject_______ pronoun takes the place of a noun that is the subject_________ of a sentence.

Write the seven subject pronouns here:

1) I_________________ 2) we___________________

3) you___________________ 4) it_____________________

5) she__________________ 6) he______________________

7) they_________________

Practice: Circle each subject pronoun. Then, draw an arrow from the pronoun to the antecedent of the pronoun (the noun which the pronoun replaces).

1. Mr. Klass’s students had a party, and they each helped plan it.

2. Robbie said he would bring music.

3. Elizabeth promised she would bring pretzels.

4. Henry brought a game, and it was lots of fun.

5. Though Dave, Alex, and I enjoyed playing Wheel of Fortune, we had to clean up afterwards.

Lesson #3: Object Pronouns

An object______ pronoun takes the place of a noun after the subject and verb in a sentence.

Write the seven object pronouns here:

1) me___________________ 2) us_____________________

3) you___________________ 4) it____________________

5) her____________________ 6) him_____________________

7) them_________________

Practice: Circle the pronoun in each sentence. Then circle S if it is a subject pronoun or O if it is an object pronoun.

1. This present is for you. S O

2. You were excited about the gift. S O

3. Ryan spent a lot of time making it. S O

4. He wanted the present to turn out well. S O

5. Matt showed the CD to all of us. S O

Lesson #4: Using “I” vs. “me” and “we” vs. “us”

Practice: Circle the correct pronoun.

1. My friends and (I, me) entered the spelling bee.

2. Mrs. Houghton asked (we, us) students to spell some difficult words.

3. The spelling bee challenged Michael and (I, me).

4. At the end of the period, the last two spellers were Sophia and (I, me).

5. Although Sophia won the contest, (we, us) competitors all had fun.

Lesson #5: Possessive Pronouns

A pronoun____ that shows ownership______ is a possessive_ pronoun.

List all of the possessive pronouns below.

Go with Nouns

1) _my________

2) __your_________

3) _its_________

4) _her_______

5) _his_______

6) _our____

7) _their____

Stand Alone

1) _mine_____

2) _yours____

3) _its______

4) _hers______

5) _his______

6) ours_______

7) _theirs_____

Practice: Circle the correct possessive pronoun.

1. (Her, hers) favorite food is pizza ball soup.

2. (Their, Theirs) is pulled pork sandwiches.

3. Matthew and his sister are twins, so (their, theirs) birthday is on the same day.

4. Sarah’s birthday is the same as (your, yours).

Shrink each sentence by:

1) Replacing the underlined words with a possessive pronoun, then

2) Replacing the possessive pronoun with one that stands alone.

Mrs. McDermott praised Joey and Kim’s project.

1) Mrs. Houghton praised __their project________________.

2) Mrs. Houghton praised _theirs________________________.

I know that Sophie and my grade will be excellent!

1) I know that _our grade_______________ will be excellent!

2) I know that _ours__________________ will be excellent!

REVIEW: Possessive Nouns

Nouns singular possessive plural possessive

1. cat cat’s cats’

2. man man’s men’s

3. goose __goose’s______ _geese’s_______

4. shelf _shelf’s____ _shelves’_____

5. shirt shirt’s______ __shirts’_____

6. zebra zebra’s______ _zebras’_______

In the sentence below, underline the complete subject one. Then, underline the complete predicate twice. Finally circle the simple subject and box the simple predicate.

35. The smart English teacher gave a nearly impossible test!

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