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Making a Case for Nouns & Pronouns

Making a Case for Nouns & Pronouns. Three Types: Subjective Objective- Part 2! Possessive. A Quick Review of the Objective Case. Identify the objective noun or pronoun (direct object). Remember: first, identify the action verb , then think whom or what ?

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Making a Case for Nouns & Pronouns

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  1. Making a Case for Nouns & Pronouns Three Types: Subjective Objective- Part 2! Possessive

  2. A Quick Review of the Objective Case Identify the objective noun or pronoun (direct object). Remember: first, identify the action verb, then think whom or what? • I sent my birthday party invitations to my friends. • Carmen invited me to see the play. • My father drove us to the game. • Mr. Smith chose John and Amy to be the leads in the play. • Because the engine was running poorly, the mechanic gave it a tune-up. • Does a virus cause the common cold? • I miss you.

  3. Nouns as Object of Prepositions • Who remembers what a prepositional phrase is? • A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence.

  4. Remember these? • Aboard About Above Across • After Against Along Among • Abound As At Before • BehindBelowBeneath Beside • Besides BetweenBeyond But • By Concerning Despite Down • During Except For From • In Inside Into Like • Near Of Off On • Onto Opposite Out Outside • Over Past Since Through • Throughout Till To Toward • Under Underneath Until Up • Upon With Within Without

  5. Nouns as Object of Prepositions • A group of words that begins with a prepositionalways ends with a noun or pronoun • That noun or pronoun is the object of preposition.

  6. Nouns as Object of Prepositions • David wrote poetry in the field. • What is the prepositional phrase? • What is the preposition? • What is the object of preposition?

  7. Nouns as Object of Prepositions • Allie sat at the desk. • What is the prepositional phrase? • What is the preposition? • What is the object of preposition?

  8. Nouns as Object of Prepositions • Ethan threw the ball to James. • What is the prepositional phrase? • What is the preposition? • What is the object of preposition?

  9. Practice! Writer’s Choice page 449 Exercise 1 #1-20 *Notice the list of prepositions on page 448

  10. Pronouns as Object of Prepositions • Allie sat at it until announcements were over. • What is the prepositional phrase? • What is the preposition? • What is the object of preposition?

  11. Pronouns asObject of Prepositions • Ethan threw the ball to him. • What is the prepositional phrase? • What is the preposition? • What is the object of preposition?

  12. Be careful w/ compound object PNs! Use the same test we used for compound subject pronouns: Which is correct? Please buy a raffle ticket from Bobby or I. Please buy a raffle ticket from Bobby or me. Please buy a raffle ticket from I. Please buy a raffle ticket from me. So the correct one is…“Please buy a raffle ticket from Bobby or me.”

  13. Be careful w/ compound object PNs! Use the same test we used for compound subject pronouns: Which is correct? “The car sped by he and I going 90 mph,” the witness testified. “The car sped by him and me going 90 mph,” the witness testified.

  14. Be careful w/ compound object PNs! Use the same test we used for compound subject pronouns: Which is correct? “The car sped by he going 90 mph,” the witness testified. “The car sped by him going 90 mph,” the witness testified. “The car sped by I going 90 mph,” the witness testified. “The car sped by me going 90 mph,” the witness testified. so…

  15. Be careful w/ compound object PNs! The correct one is… “The car sped by him and me going 90 mph,” the witness testified.

  16. Practice! Writer’s Choice page 451 Exercise 3 #1-20

  17. Game Time! • You will each write 2 sentences. • Each sentences must have a prepositional phrase. • The object of the prepositional phrase can be a noun or pronoun.

  18. Homework  • Due next Wednesday, March 14th

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