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Pronouns and Antecedents: A Guide for 8th Grade English

Learn about personal pronouns, their antecedents, and how to use them correctly in sentences. Improve your understanding of pronoun-antecedent agreement.

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Pronouns and Antecedents: A Guide for 8th Grade English

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  1. Today’s Notes: Nov. 23, 2009 Pronoun Unit • Pronouns A. A word that takes the place of a noun. II. Personal pronouns A. Used to refer to people or things. B. Can be singular or plural C. I, me, she, her, you, he, him, it, we, us, they, and them III. Antecedents A. An antecedent is the word that the noun replaces.

  2. It’s ME! Personal Pronouns and Antecedents Pronoun Unit 8th Grade English

  3. So, what did we talk about earlier? • A pronoun is like a stunt double in a movie. It is the stand in for the regular verb. • When a noun is about to wear itself out in a sentence, a pronoun can hop in!

  4. So, let’s get a little more formal… • A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns and the words that describe those nouns. • OR • A word that stands in for a noun!

  5. Today in class we are going to learn about… • Personal Pronouns • Antecedents (Hey, a cool word!)

  6. Pronouns are handy little critters! • Gimme a Break: Samantha gave Samantha’s dog a bath. • Much Simpler: • Samantha gave her dog a bath.

  7. Personal Pronouns • Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns. • Personal pronouns are singular or plural.

  8. Find the personal pronoun in each sentence. • She went to the store to buy some new clothes. • Coby realized that he had made a big mistake. • Mackenzie went with them. • Robbie and Sara wanted it for Christmas.

  9. Pronouns and Antecedents! • So, now you Smartie-pants students…you now remember what a personal pronoun is… • Now it is time for you to move on to the bonus round. • What, exactly, is an antecedent?

  10. Pronouns and Antecedents • An antecedent is the opposite of ceding from the Union, right? Isn’t that what some of the states did during the Civil War?

  11. Not Quite… • Remember how our pronoun is like the stunt double for an actor? • Well, the antecedent is like the actor being replaced!

  12. Pronouns and Antecedents • An antecedent is really easy. • An antecedent is the noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to.

  13. Pronouns and Antecedents • Remember, a pronoun takes the place of a noun. • The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun takes the place of or stands for.

  14. Pronouns and Antecedents • I am Kristen. • I is the pronoun. It stands for Kristen. The antecedent of I is Kristen. • Tucker gave his sister her doll. • His is a pronoun. It stands for Tucker, so the antecedent is Tucker. The word her is also a pronoun and it stands for sister. The antecedent of her is sister. • The pronoun almost always refers to the noun closest to it. If you put pronouns in odd places, it’s hard to tell what the antecedent is.

  15. Pronouns and Antecedents Replace the Antecedent underlined with a pronoun. • Sarah Orne Jewett was an American writer of the nineteenth century. • The Atlantic Monthly was first published by Jewett. • This author wrote the stories at age nineteen. • These stories are about history and tradition. • Sarah studied history with her father.

  16. Pronouns and Antecedents • Be sure that your pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number (singular or plural) and gender. • He/him/his for a boy • She/her/hers for a girl • It/its for a thing • They/them for a group

  17. Pronouns and Antecedents • The pronoun almost always refers to the noun closest to it. If you put pronouns in odd places, it’s hard to tell what the antecedent is.

  18. Pronouns and Antecedents • Crazy • It was pitch dark and my cat was still outdoors. I grabbed my flashlight to begin the search and listened for its purr. • Why? The antecedent of its appears to be _________________. So, what is wrong with this picture?

  19. Pronouns and Antecedents • Better: • It was pitch dark and my cat was still outdoors. I grabbed my flashlight to begin the search and listened for Magic’s purr.

  20. Pronouns and Antecedents • Crazy: • I’ve been to England, and I like them because they are very kind to Americans. • The antecedent has been left out of the sentence. Who are they?

  21. Pronouns and Antecedents • Better: • I’ve been to England and I like the English because they are very kind to Americans.

  22. Antecedents • When you use a pronoun, you should be sure that it refers to its antecedent correctly. • Be especially careful when you use the pronoun they.

  23. So, what have we learned today? • A pronoun is like a stunt double in a movie. It is the stand in for the regular verb. • When a noun is about to wear itself out in a sentence, a pronoun can hop in! • A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns and the words that describe those nouns. (Or, it is a word that stands in for a noun!)

  24. What have we learned today? • Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns. • Personal pronouns are singular or plural. • The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun takes the place of or stands for. • The pronoun almost always refers to the noun closest to it. If you put pronouns in odd places, it’s hard to tell what the antecedent is.

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