Reviewing Personal Pronouns

Summary
A review lesson about personal pronouns and their uses.

Objectives
• to review the concept of pronouns with emphasis on personal pronouns;

• to define and explain the meaning of case, number and person;

• to provide examples of pronouns for future reference;

• to describe and explain the seven ways to use a personal pronoun.

Suggested Grades
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade

Excerpt
Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. They are handy words and can do almost anything a noun can do. Altogether there are six types of pronouns:
Personal, demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, interrogative, and reflexive.

Personal pronouns are the ones we use the most. These pronouns name specific people or things. They are words such as I, you, it, me, and we. When using personal pronouns, it is important to remember three things:

1. CASE. A personal pronoun can be one of three cases.

a) Subject. These pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence or as a predicate noun. Here are the subject pronouns:
? I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

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