Personal pronouns

Pronouns are words we use in the place of a full noun.

We have both subject and object pronouns:

Subject      Object
I                me
you           you
he             him
it               her
we            us
you           you
they          them

We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman we use they/them.

This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
Talk to a friend. Ask them to help you. (we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman)
You could go to a doctor. They might help you. (We are not sure if the doctor is a man or a woman. It sounds a bit "strange" but we use "they": 3rd person plural).

A) Subject pronouns.

We use subject pronouns as subject of the verb:

I like your dress.
You are late.
He is my friend
It is raining
She is on holiday
We live in England.
They come from London.

Warning

Remember: English clauses always have a subject:

His father has just retired. Was a teacher. > He was a teacher.
I’m waiting for my wife. Is late.  > She is late.

If there is no other subject we use it or there. We call this a dummy subject

B)  Object pronouns.

 We use object pronouns:

• as the object of the verb:

Can you help me please?
I can see you.
She doesn’t like him.
I saw her in town today.
We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.

• after prepositions:

She is waiting for me.
I’ll get it for you.
Give it to him.
Why are you looking at her?
Don’t take it from us.
I’ll speak to them. 

EXERCICES:

http://www.english-4u.de/pers_pronouns_ex1.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/pers_pronouns_ex2.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/pers_pronouns_ex3.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/pers_pronouns_ex4.htm

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