Writer's Choice Grade 6Unit 11:
PronounsOverviewWhen a player gets tired, the coach often substitutes another player who is rested. When a noun or noun phrase gets overused, a pronoun can fill in for it. A pronoun can fill any position that a noun or noun phrase can take in a sentence. However, it can' t stand alone. A pronoun always refers to someone or something else, called its antecedent. Personal pronouns such as I and me can take the place of
subjects or objects. A subject pronoun, a pronoun that takes the place
of a subject, is in the nominative case: I tried out
for the team. An object pronoun, a pronoun used as a direct or indirect
object, is in the objective case: Everyone congratulated me. A pronoun that shows ownership is called a possessive pronoun. Pronouns
such as mine, yours, and ours are in the possessive
case. A possessive pronoun does not need an apostrophe. Some pronouns do not refer to any particular nouns. Pronouns such as anyone,
everything, or others are called indefinite pronouns. |