WhatarePronouns?IHeWeWeSheUsWhatarepronouns?Pronounstaketheplaceofnouns.Thewordorphrasereplacedbyapronouniscalledanantecedent.Example:HalloweenisoneofAmerica'sholidays.ItiscelebratedinOctober.(Halloweenisanoun.Itisapronounthatreferstotheantecedent,Halloween.)Example:WhenRobertwasfixingthecar,hecuthishand.(Robertisanoun.Heisapronounthatreferstotheantecedent,Robert.)PersonalPronounsRefertopeopleorthingsME!Include:I,me,my,mine,you,your,yours,he,him,his,she,her,hers,it,its,they,them,their,theirs,we,us,our,ours.Examples:1.Hetookherplaceinthegame.2.Theirmainobjectiveistoscarestudents.Nowyoutry.Whichofthefollowingcontainsacorrectpronoun?A.Ahillisnexttothem.Itisverysteep.B.Jeffrideshisnewbike.Himridesitdowntheblock.C.Rickiegetsontheplane.Theyareveryexcitedabouthistrip.Missedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Nowtryanother.Ahillisnexttothem.Itisverysteep.Ahill=ItChoosethecorrectpronoun.Skateboardsarefun,butcanbedangerous.A.themB.itC.theyD.weMissedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Nowtryanother.Skateboardsarefun,buttheycanbedangerousSkateboards=theyChoosethecorrectpronoun.Speedbumpshelptoslowdowncars.arefoundinmanyparkinglots.A.ItB.YouC.ThemD.TheyMissedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Nowtryanother.Speedbumpshelptoslowdowncars.Theyarefoundinmanyparkinglots.bumps=TheyChoosethecorrectpronoun.MarisaandNoramadetheirowncostumes.wantedtosavemoney.A.ThemB.WeC.TheyD.SheMissedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Nowtryanother.MarisaandNoramadetheirowncostumes.Theywantedtosavemoney.MarisaandNora=TheyWhichofthefollowingcontainsacorrectpronoun?A.Ahillisnexttothem.Theyareverysteep.B.Jeffrideshisnewbike.Himridesitdowntheblock.C.Rickiegetsontheplane.Heisveryexcitedabouthistrip.Missedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Nowtryanother.Rickiegetsontheplane.Heisveryexcitedabouthistrip.Rickie=HeWhichofthefollowingcontainsacorrectpronoun?A.Blakeskatedtotheedgeoftherink.Hewasfinishedwithpractice.B.Thehousehastwostories.Shewasbuiltin1910.C.MaryandDaverodetheirbikestotheplayground.Themwillbuildasandcastle.Missedit!TryAgainThinkaboutwhatorwhothepronounrepresents.Gotit!Blakeskatedtotheedgeoftherink.Hewasfinishedwithpractice.Blake=HeReadyforatest?TrytheonlinePronounPracticeTestbyclickingthebuttonbelow.