• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Pronouns in the Subject and Predicate

• • Use a subject pronoun as the subject of a sentence.

  EXAMPLE	The red-roofed house is beautiful.
  	It subject is on the beach in Tunisia.

  Singular Pronouns

  Subject	Object
  I	me
  you	you
  he	him
  she	her
  it	it

• • Use an object pronoun as the object of the verb in the predicate.

  EXAMPLES	Rodrigo owned an apartment in Cuba.
  	He left it object ten years ago.
  	I know many people in Mali.
  	I visit them object often.

  Plural Pronouns

  Subject	Object
  we	us
  you	you
  they	them

Practice Together

Say each pair of sentences. Choose the correct pronoun. Then tell whether it is a subject or an object pronoun.

• 1. My uncle’s house is in the mountains. (He/She) built it forty years ago.

• 2. Our cousins live in the Dominican Republic. We call (us/them) every week.

• 3. Tía Jacinta is staying at our house. Mamá invited (him/her).

• 4. You and your family have a nice apartment. Do many people visit (me/you)?

• 5. I don’t live far from you. (We/You) should visit me.

Try It!

Read each pair of sentences. Write the correct pronoun on a card. Hold up the card as you say the sentence. Then tell whether the pronoun is a subject or an object pronoun.

• 6. Margarita has a house in the Caribbean. We visit (him/her).

• 7. Father and I swim in the water. The sea amazes (us/you)!

• 8. Sebastian is Margarita’s neighbor. We see (him/it) every day.

• 9. Sometimes Margarita and Sebastian discuss the government in their country. (He/They) like it.

• 10. Margarita asks us questions about the United States. (She/It) is interested in our country.

The house is colorful. Do you like it?