Chapter 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
___ ___indicate the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or object spoken of
Personal pronouns
___ ___are used primarily as the subjects of verbs
are used primarily as the subjects of verbs
____ ____ are most commonly used as objects of verbs or objects of prepositions
Object pronouns
objects of action verbs can be ____ or _____
direct indirect
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that answers the question ____ or _____
What? Whom?
An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that answers the question ______ _____ ____ _____
To whom?, To what?, For whom?, or For what?
The object of a preposition is a ___ or _____
noun pronoun
my, our, your, his, her, its, and their function as ____ ____ when they describe nouns
possessive adjectives
True ____ ____ are used on their own, without nouns. The ____ ____ are mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, and theirs.
possessive pronouns
Unlike possessive nouns, possessive pronouns never have
apostrophes
____ ____ are used to point to specific things and they indicate whether the item being discussed is located nearby or farther away
Demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns take the place of nouns
Demonstrative pronouns
demonstrative adjectives are always followed by nouns
demonstrative adjectives
Less frequently, subject pronouns also perform as
subject complements
When a sentence includes a verb phrase, look at the final word of the verb phrase. If it is a linking verb, use a
subject pronoun
I, you, he, she, and it are _____ _____ and are _____
subject pronouns singular
we, you, and they are ____ ____ and are ____
subject pronouns plural
me, you, him, her, and it are ____ ____ and are ____
object pronouns singular
us, you, and them are ____ ____ and are ____
object pronouns plural
mine, yours, his, hers, its are ___ ___ and are ____
possessive adjectives singular
ours, yours, and theirs are ____ ____ and are ____
possessive pronouns plural
my, your, his, her, and its are ____ ___ and are ___
possessive adjectives singular
our, your, and their are ___ ____ and are ____
possessive adjectives plural
Always match the pronoun to the ____ antecedent
closer
