Personal Pronouns
1. What are Personal Pronouns?
Pronouns are words we use in the place of a full noun. We have both subject and object pronouns:
2.What is a Subject Pronoun?
We can use a subject pronoun is as the subject of a sentence.
3. Subject Pronoun Examples:
In the following examples the subject pronoun is before the verb.
- I like your car.
- You are late.
- They come from London
4. What is an Object Pronoun?
An object pronoun is used for the object of a verb or preposition.
5. Object Pronoun Examples:
5.1 as the object of the verb:
Can you help me please?
She doesn’t like him.
We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.
5.2 after prepositions:
She is waiting for me.
Give it to him.
Why are you looking at her?
Personal pronouns | |
---|---|
as subject | as object |
I | me |
you | you |
he | him |
she | her |
it | it |
we | us |
you | you |
they | them |
I have some books. | The books are for me. |