1. Pronoun
Antecedent and
Possessive
Pronouns
Ms. Marshall-Krauss

2. Pronouns and Antecedents and Possessive Pronouns
(P. 91-92 Periods 4,6, 9) (P. 85-86 Periods 3 and 8)
Warm up: Check your answers from the grammar homework and
reflect on your score.
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1 I-Subject pronoun as the subject; her-object pronoun as indirect object
2 me-object pronoun as indirect object
3 you-subject pronoun as predicate pronoun
4 I-subject pronoun as the subject; you-object pronoun as direct object; her-
object pronoun as direct object
5 you-object pronoun as direct object.
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1 us 3. me 5. Monica and me
2 Sam and I 4. us

3. Objective
• Today’s objective is to identify and use
correctly pronouns and antecedents and
possessive pronouns.

4. Pronouns and
Antecedents
• A pronoun replaces a noun.
• An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun is
referring to.
• John went to school this morning. He picked
boogers the whole way there.
• He is the pronoun.
• John is the antecedent.

5. Pronouns and
Antecedents
• Find your match.
• Write a sentence or pair of sentences using
your pronouns and antecedents in your spirals.

6. Possessive Pronouns
• A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows
who or what has something. A possessive
pronoun may take the place of a possessive
noun.
• John’s friends are frequently disgusted.
• His friends are frequently disgusted.

7. Possessive Pronouns to use
before Nouns
•Singular
•my, your, her, his, its
•Plural
•our, your, their

8. Possessive Pronouns to
Use Alone
•Singular
•Mine, yours, hers, his, its
•Plural
•ours, yours, theirs

9. NO APOSTROPHES!
• Possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes.
Those are contractions.
• John’s turning nose picking into a past time. Its
popularity is growing.
• John’s turning nose picking into a past time.
It’s popular with many students.

10. Possessive Nouns
• In your pair. Add on to your first sentence(s)
by including one with a possessive pronoun.
• Complete practice.
• Homework: Option 1: Write a poem using at
least ten possessive pronouns.
• Option 2: p. 130 #1-5 and P. 132 #1-5
• Option 3: Make a poster showing all of the
information from today’s lecture.