Cases+of+Pronouns

Nominative Case Pronouns These are the nominative case (subject form) pronouns: Singular: I, you, he, she, it Plural: we, you, they Nominative case pronouns are used as //subjects // and //predicate nominatives //.

He and she played basketball yesterday afternoon. They and we ate lunch together. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Mr. Simpson and <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">he plan to attend the meeting.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Here are some examples of pronouns used as subjects: **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">That was <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">she running for the touchdown. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">The winners of the trophy are Sherry and <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">he. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">The tour guides are <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">they and <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">we.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Here are some examples of pronouns used as predicate nominatives: **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 190%; text-align: center;">Objective Case Pronouns <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: left;">These are the ** objective case ** (object form) pronouns: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">Singular: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">me, you, him, her, it <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">Plural: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">us, you, them <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The objective case pronouns are used as //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">direct objects //, //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">indirect objects //, and //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">objects of the preposition //.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Here are some examples of objective pronouns used as direct and indirect objects: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The police officer gave my friend and <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">me directions to the movie theater. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The loud trumpet playing caused Sam and <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">them to have a headache. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Please pass <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">him or <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">her the ketchup.

**<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 36px;">Objective Case **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 36px;"> Pronoun Song

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">Do you know objective case, objective case, objective case? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Do you know objective case? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Well, this is how it goes: **<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">Me **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">and ** you ** and ** him **,** her **, <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;"> **it** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">, **<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">Us **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">and** you **and ** them. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Do you know objective case? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Well, these are the uses: **<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;">D. O. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px;"> and ** I.O .** and ** O---P-- **. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Do you know objective case? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;">Yes, we know it well!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Possessive Case Pronouns <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">These are the <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">possessive case pronouns: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: left;">Singular: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: left;">Plural: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;"> our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Possessive case pronouns are used to show <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">//ownership// or //<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">relationship //. They always function as <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">adjectives in a sentence because they answer the question "Which one?" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Examples: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Samhitha asked <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">her mother a question about <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">her English homework. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">John took out<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;"> his guitar and began to play. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The boys left <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">their equipment on the stage.