How to use personal pronouns in English
EFL/ESL Grammar: Rules, use and practice
What are personal pronouns?
Personal pronouns are used to refer to people. The pronoun (it) refers to things. As you can see in the table, there are two types of personal pronouns: subject pronouns and object pronouns.
Personal pronouns | |
| Subject pronouns | Object pronouns |
| I You He She It We You They | Me You Him Her It Us You Them
|
Subject pronouns:
We use subject pronouns to refer to the subject of the verb in a sentence.
Examples:
- I study English.
- You are my brother.
- She knows how to read.
- He likes listening to music.
- We study Spanish.
- You are intelligent, all of you.
- They are from Morocco.
Object pronouns:
We use object pronouns to refer to the object of the verb in the sentence.
Examples:
- She calls me everyday.
- I know you very well.
- She teaches him English.
- She sees her from the window.
- He likes us.
- I always call them.
Notes:
Remember that all the sentences need a subject.
- *Is a teacher. The correct sentence is: he is a teacher.
- *Am late. The correct sentence is: Iam late.
- *are high school students. The correct sentence is: they are high school students.
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