Pronouns: Subjects, Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Predicate Nominatives, and Objects of the Preposition.

What is a preposition?

A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to another word.

What is a pronoun?

A word that takes the place of a noun

What is the formula for finding a subject?

Find the verb and then ask "who or what did that action?"

(I, me) am going to the party.

I

Sally and (I, me) are going to the party.

I

What is the formula for finding a predicate nominative?

If the sentence has a linking verb in it, then replace that linking verb with the word "equals." If your subject equals the pronoun or noun that follows, you have a predicate nominative.

What are linking verbs?

Linking verbs do not show action. They connect the subject of the verb to more information about the subject.

Personal pronouns that are used as subjects or predicate nominatives are in the:

Nominative case

Personal pronouns that are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of the preposition are in the

Objective case

Personal pronouns that take the place of possessive nouns are in the

Possessive case

What is the trick for checking if you're dealing with a linking verb?

Replace the verb with an equals sign (=). If it still makes sense in the sentence, then you've got a linking verb

What is a prepositional phrase?

This includes a preposition, which is always the first word, the object of a preposition, which is always the last word and a NOUN (and any modifiers of that object). The preposition that starts off the phrase may be one, two, or three words in length.

(We, Us) Canadians are proud of our country.

We

What is the formula for finding a direct object?

You say the subject, the verb, and then ask "who or what?"

What is the formula for finding an indirect object?

You say the subject, the verb, the direct object, and then ask "for whom or for what?"

What are all the linking verbs?

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, become, seem, grow, remain, and stay

He ran around (her, she).

her

The dog was chasing (its, it's) tail.

its

Jane ran past my friend and (I, me).

me

Jane sent Sally and (I, me) an email.

me

She told (I, me) what to do.

me

They were talking about Dan and (I, me).

me

The missing car was (theirs, there's).

theirs

It matters to (we, us) Canadians.

us

She told (we, us) what to do.

us