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NAME: _______________________ DATE: _________________
 
 
 
Inductive Grammar Chart
 
(Unit 8, page 88)
 
 
 
GRAMMAR. Uses of object pronouns
 
Look at these sentences with direct objects.
 

As direct objects  
 
1. I want the cardigan. → I want it.
 
2. I love these pumps. → I love them.
 
 
FIGURE IT OUT . . .
 
1. In Sentence 1, what does the pronoun it replace? _____________
 
2. In Sentence 2, what does the pronoun them replace? _____________
 
3. If the object is singular use (it / them). If the object is plural, use (it / them)
 
 
 
Look at these sentences and questions with prepositional phrases.
 

We gave the loafers to the clerk. → We gave the loafers to him.

 
Is he buying a blazer for his wife? → Is he buying a blazer for her?
 
 
FIGURE IT OUT . . .
 
Circle the prepositions in the sentences and questions above. Underline the objects of
the prepositions.

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Look at these examples with both direct objects and prepositional phrases.
[direct object] [direct object]
We gave the V-neck to the clerk. He’s buying it for her.
 
 
 
FIGURE IT OUT . . .
 
1. What is the object of the preposition in each of the sentences above?
___________________ and ___________________
 
2. What is the direct object of the verb in each of the sentences above?
___________________ and ___________________
 
 
 
3. In sentences with both a direct object and a prepositional phrase, which
comes first?
 
a) object of a preposition b) direct object of a verb

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