Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010
Moving Along . . . Slowly
Object pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns can be used as objects in a sentence.
✵ The object pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.
✵ Object pronouns follow action verbs. They receive the action of the verb.
Tess called him yesterday.
Sammi asked her about the tickets.
John left it (the umbrella) home.
Mia sent them a package.
✵ Object pronouns may also follow prepositions. Prepositions are words such as at, before, for, into, to, and with.
I sent the package to you.
Do these keys belong to him?
Is that book for me?
Tom is driving with us.
4.6 Moving Along . . . Slowly
Many animal experts believe that the three-toed sloth is the slowest moving mammal on land. About how far does the sloth go in a minute?
To answer the question, read the story below. Decide if the underlined pronouns are object pronouns. Start with the first sentence. Then write the letters beneath the object pronouns in order in the spaces at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.
Jordan and father like hiking. Last week, for the first time, took Jordan’s younger sister Shiloh with packed lunches and plenty of water.
Shiloh helped Jordan load the car. She handed a knapsack to Jordan placed in the trunk.
“Here,” father said to Jordan. “This is for .”
handed Jordan a compass.
“ will have to keep heading in the right direction,” said.
“What about ?” asked Shiloh. “What can do?”
“ can help, too,” father said. He gave a compass to