IXL | Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

Select the correct pronoun to complete the sentence.

Mom always

helps

my brother and

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Select the correct pronoun to complete the sentence.

Erin

and

won a prize!

key idea

I is a subject pronoun. You can use it as the subject of a sentence. It tells that the speaker is doing something, and it is usually at the beginning of the sentence.

I hug Rick.

The subject pronoun I is the subject of the sentence.

Me is an object pronoun. You can use it after an action verb.

Rick hugs me.

The object pronoun me is used after an action verb, hugs.

When a pronoun is connected to a noun with the word and (like Rick and I or Rick and me), it can be hard to tell which pronoun is correct. To tell which one is correct, look at the sentence without the other noun.

Rick and I like the teacher.

I like the teacher.

I is used as the subject of the sentence.

The teacher likes Rick and me.

The teacher likes me.

Me is used after the action verb, likes.

solution

The missing pronoun is in the phrase Erin and ___.

Erin and ___ won a prize!

Look at the sentence without the other noun, Erin.

___ won a prize!

The missing pronoun is the subject of the sentence. So, you should use the subject pronoun, I.

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