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Pronoun Cases
| Subjective Case |
Objective Case |
Possessive Case |
| I |
Me |
My |
| We |
Us |
Our |
| You |
You |
Your |
| He/She/lt |
Him/Her/lt |
His/Her/lts |
| They |
Them |
Their |
| Who |
Whom |
Whose |
Subject Form: is used when a pronoun is the subject of a sentence or the subject of a clause.
- She and I skied three days last week.
- He is the man who I thought would win.
Objective Form: is used when a pronoun is the direct object, the indirect object, the subject of an infinitive, or the object of a preposition.
- The exam gave him a headache.
- The woman whom they elected was experienced.
- We invited them to eat with us.
- Most of us hated to get up.
Possessive Form: is used before nouns and gerunds.
- His sisters needed our bicycles.
- Their flying to Nashville was my suggestion.
Exercises:
Select and name the appropriate pronoun for each sentence.
- The reward check was made out to my friend and (I, me).
- We couldn't see whether it was (they, them) or another group.
- The rangers closed the mountain road after Mark and (I, me) reached the top.
- My father had to leave my mother and (I,me) to find work in another city.
- (We, Us) students appreciate clear directions on tests.
- Two of (we, us) children, my sister Ellen and (I, me), gave our parents an anniversary party.
- (Who, Whom) will be chosen for the All-Star team?
- To (who, whom) was the letter addressed?
- Implementing the new policy is up to (we, us) students.
- After a lot of planning, (he, him) and Smith launched the newsletter.
Answers: 1. me; 2. they; 3. I; 4. me; 5. We; 6. us/me; 7. Who; 8. whom; 9. us; 10. he
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