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Subject Complements and Pronoun Case

Subject Complements and Pronoun Case. Pronoun Case Refers to:. What form a pronoun takes. Sometimes we need to choose between I and me. The way we determine which to use is if the pronoun acts as a subject or object. Quick Refresher:. Types of objects include – Direct object

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Subject Complements and Pronoun Case

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  1. Subject Complements and Pronoun Case

  2. Pronoun Case Refers to: • What form a pronoun takes. • Sometimes we need to choose between I and me. • The way we determine which to use is if the pronoun acts as a subject or object.

  3. Quick Refresher: • Types of objects include – • Direct object • Indirect object • Object of a preposition

  4. Difference • Subjects do the action. • Objects do no action.

  5. Subjective v Objective • I • You • He • She • It • They • We • Who • Me • You • Him • Her • It • Them • Us • Whom Subjective Pronouns Objective Pronouns

  6. Subject Complements • Are the parts of a clause that follow a linking verb.

  7. Linking Verbs include: • all forms of to be (am, was, is, were, etc.), become, and seem. [always] • Sometimes the following can also be linking verbs: appear, become, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste, and turn. If you can replace these words with an = sign and have the sentence make since, they are linking verbs.

  8. Subject Complements • Take subjective pronouns, not objective. • Example: A person on the phone asks for you. The correct response is “This is he/she.”

  9. Practice!

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