• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Correct Pronouns

Remember, the subject of a sentence can be a pronoun.

• • Use I when you talk about yourself.

• • Use you to talk to one or more persons.

• • Use we to talk about another person or persons and yourself.

• • Use he, she, or it to talk about one person, place, or thing.

• • Use they to talk about more than one person, place, or thing.

A subject pronoun can refer to a noun in another sentence.

• • If the noun is a man or a boy, use he.

  If it is a woman or a girl, use she.

  Example	Dan is from Louisiana. He lost his house in a hurricane.
  	Laila left her town. She came back after the hurricane.

• • If the noun is a place or a thing, use it.

  If the noun is plural, use they.

  Example	The house was flooded. It is a mess.
  	My relatives lost their home. They are living with us.

Practice Together

Say each pair of sentences. Replace the underlined subject with the correct subject pronoun.

• 1. The hurricane in 2005 was a big storm. The hurricane hit Cuba forcefully.

• 2. Winds pounded the island. Winds were very powerful.

• 3. Grandfather was in Cuba. Grandfather watched the storm.

• 4. Grandmother was in the United States. Grandmother felt worried.

A hurricane is dangerous. It brings strong winds.

Try It!

Read each pair of sentences. Replace the underlined subject with the correct subject pronoun. Write it on a card. Hold up the card as you say the sentences with the pronoun.

• 5. Dave turns on the radio. Dave hears a weather report.

• 6. The storm is approaching. The storm is dangerous.

• 7. Waves hit the coast. Waves are huge.

• 8. Mom calls everyone. Mom gets the dog, too.