Classwork: Quiz on “Monsters are Due on Maple Street;” Class Notes 11.1, Personal Pronouns and 11.2, Pronouns and Antecedents.
Homework: GWB, (Grammar Workbook), pp. 103-106, all exercises. These pages were given to students in class today. Due on Thursday.
Class Notes 11.1
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
Pronouns that are used to refer to people or things are called personal pronouns.
A subject pronoun is a personal pronoun that takes the place of a subject noun.
An object pronoun is a personal pronoun that takes the place of an object of a verb or preposition.
Class Notes 11.2
The noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent.
The gender of a noun may be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neuter (referring to things).
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