Grade 9

English Studies
Grade 9
4/5/20

PRONOUNS

A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun has earlier been mentioned or referred to in a sentence. What this means is that a pronoun is placed where a noun would have been. This is done to avoid unnecessary repetition of the noun in a sentence which makes reading boring.

Types of pronoun:-

1. Personal pronoun: A personal pronoun replaces the actual name of a person or thing. The following are personal pronouns - I, we, he, she, you, they, it, me, us, him, her, them.

Cases of personal pronouns
By case we means the function they perform.

1. Subjective/nominal case:

The subjective or nominal case refers to the pronoun which functions as the subject. The subject is the pronoun that the sentence is about. Let's look at the following examples.

N/B: Remember that a personal pronoun replaces a real name.

A. Ike is generous. (Ike...name)
B. He is generous. (He...p.pronoun)

A. Nneka is cooking.
B. She is cooking.

A. Joy and I just came back.
B. We just came back .

A. Uche come back here.
B. You come back here.

A. Clara owe you a favour.
B. I owe you a favour.

A. The dog is quite aggressive.
B. It is quite aggressive.

2. Objective case:  The subjective pronoun receives the action of the verb. e.g
A. Mother bought the cake for Clara.
B. Mother bought the cake for me.

A. Will you invite Ike?
B. Will you invite him?

A. I'll give Nneka some cake.
B. I'll give her some cake.


Assignment

Write the personal pronoun that correctly completes each sentence.
1. My brother and (I/me) are just learning to play chess.

2. Uncle Jude gave Zita and (I/me) a book on how to play chess.

3. Chess is my favourite game. What's (yours/your')?

4. Udo is more prayerful than (I/me).

Good luck.

Clara O