Personal Pronouns: Personal Pronouns refer to (1) the person speaking, (2) the person spoken to, (3) the person, place, thing, idea spoken about.
Singular Plural
1st Person I, me, my mine we, us, our, ours
2nd Person you, your, yours you, your, yours
3rd Person he, him, his they them
she, her, hers their, theirs,
it, its
Directions: Each of the following sentences contains two personal pronouns and its antecedent. IN your journals write the sentences below (print-pencil), underline the personal pronoun and circle its antecedent (ink). Draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent. Pencil/Ink Edits (Do not rewrite)
Part I
1. Mom, you forgot to call your sister.
2. "I tried to repair my stereo," said Carlos.
3. Since Meg moved, she has called her friends once a week.
4. My brothers quit the team when they found that their grades were suffering.
5.The McBrayers said they would volunteer some of their time.
Part -II Page 31 Developing Writing
Directions: Write a short clear sentence using a personal pronoun that fits each of the descriptions given in the following list. You may consult the chart above. Circle the pronoun in the sentence.
Cursive and Ink
Singular Plural
1st Person I, me, my mine we, us, our, ours
2nd Person you, your, yours you, your, yours
3rd Person he, him, his they them
she, her, hers their, theirs,
it, its
Directions: Each of the following sentences contains two personal pronouns and its antecedent. IN your journals write the sentences below (print-pencil), underline the personal pronoun and circle its antecedent (ink). Draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent. Pencil/Ink Edits (Do not rewrite)
Part I
1. Mom, you forgot to call your sister.
2. "I tried to repair my stereo," said Carlos.
3. Since Meg moved, she has called her friends once a week.
4. My brothers quit the team when they found that their grades were suffering.
5.The McBrayers said they would volunteer some of their time.
Part -II Page 31 Developing Writing
Directions: Write a short clear sentence using a personal pronoun that fits each of the descriptions given in the following list. You may consult the chart above. Circle the pronoun in the sentence.
Cursive and Ink
- first person, plural
- third person, plural
- third person, singular, masculine
- second person, plural
- first person, singular