Moving Along . . . Slowly - Object pronouns - Pronouns

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 Image father like hiking. Last week, for the first time, Image took Jordan’s younger sister Shiloh with Image packed Image lunches and plenty of water.

Shiloh helped Jordan load the car. She handed a knapsack to Image Jordan placed Image in the trunk.

“Here,” Image father said to Jordan. “This is for Image.”

Image handed Jordan a compass.

Image will have to keep Image heading in the right direction,” Image said.

“What about Image?” asked Shiloh. “What can Image do?”

Image can help, too,” Image father said. He gave a compass to Image