Select the answer choice that identifies the pronoun in the sentence.
- The sudden light dazzled Mary and me.
- Light
- Dazzled
- Mary
- Me
“Me” is the first-person personal pronoun, objective case (subjective case is I). Light (A) is a noun. Dazzled (B) is a verb. Mary (C) is a proper noun (i.e., a name).
- Mack and I went to the airport last night.
- Mack
- I
- Airport
- Night
“I” is the subjective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. The name Mack (A) is a proper noun. Airport (C) and night (D) are nouns.
- A sad-eyed spaniel followed my sister and me home.
- Sad-eyed
- Spaniel
- Sister
- Me
“Me” is the objective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. Sad-eyed (A) is an adjective modifying the noun spaniel (B). Sister (C) is a noun.
- Mother bought a portable DVD for Jim and me.
- Mother
- Bought
- Jim
- Me
“Me” is the objective-case, first-person, personal pronoun. Mother (A) is used as a name here, i.e. a proper noun. Bought (B) is a verb. The name Jim (C) is a proper noun.
- Mittens yawned and blinked at Greg and them.
- Them
- Yawned
- Blinked
- Greg
“Them” is the objective-case, third-person plural, personal pronoun. Yawned (B) and blinked (C) are verbs. The name Greg (D) is a proper noun.
- The boy on the pier looked familiar to Sue and her.
- Looked
- Her
- Familiar
- Boy
“Her” is the objective-case, third-person feminine, singular personal pronoun. Looked (A) is a verb. Familiar (C) is often an adjective modifying a noun, but functions here as an adverb modifying the verb looked. Boy (D) is a noun.
- Have you written to Roy and them yet?
- Roy
- Written
- Them
- Yet
“Them” is the objective-case, third-person plural, personal pronoun. The name Roy (A) is a proper noun. Written (B) is a verb. Yet (D) is an adverb modifying written.
- My brother always beats Lisa and me at checkers.
- Brother
- Lisa
- Beats
- Me
“Me” is the objective-case, first-person singular, personal pronoun. Brother (A) is a noun. The name Lisa (B) is a proper noun. Beats (C) is a verb.
- Mr. Scott took us boys on a bike hike.
- Us
- Hike
- Boys
- Took
“Us” is the objective-case, first-person plural, personal pronoun. Hike (B) is a noun here. Boys (C) is a plural noun. Took (D) is a verb.
- Mr. Scott took us boys on a bike hike.
- Sister
- Nurse
- She
- Would
“She” is the third-person feminine, singular personal pronoun. Sister (A) and nurse (B) are nouns. Would (D) is the auxiliary verb for the subjunctive mood of the verb like.