Personal pronouns are used in place of specific people or things that we are talking about. We use these Personal Pronouns keeping in view of the Number, Person, Gender and Case:
Personal Pronouns Examples:
Sheela is a new student. She doesn’t have any friends.
Raman and Rajan have attended the class. They are clever students.
She has done her work
I washed the car myself.
Number:
singular (I, you, he, she, it)
plural (we, you, they)
Person:
1st person – the person(s) speaking (I, we)
2nd person – the person(s) spoken to (you)
3rd person – the person(s) spoken about (he, she, it, they)
These are the forms of Pronouns but used to describe the Nouns. So they are called Possessive Adjectives or Adjective Pronouns (Pronominal Adjectives) .
Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are used in place of specific people or things that we are talking about. We use these Personal Pronouns keeping in view of the Number, Person, Gender and Case:
Personal Pronouns Examples:
Number:
Person:
Gender:
Case:
Pronoun
Pronoun
Adjective
Pronoun
As illustrated in the above table, the position of these Personal Pronouns in a sentence can be discussed under 4 different categories.
They are:
Subjective (Nominative) Pronoun: (I, we, you, he, she, it, they)
It is used as the subject of the verb in a sentence.
Examples:
More Examples:
It is also used as the complement of the verb ‘to be’
Examples:
Objective (Accusative) Pronoun: (me, us, you, him, her, it, them)
It is used as a direct object, indirect object, and an object of a preposition in a sentence
Examples:
As a Direct Object:
As an Indirect Object:
As an object of a preposition
PDF Worksheet on Object of Preposition
Note: Subject or Object
The use of Pronoun after ‘than’, or ‘as’ should be a Subjective Case.
Examples:
But we can say:
In the following sentences, both the subjective case or objective case can be used as per the meaning that we want to convey.
Examples:
(I like her and him. But I like her more)
(He and I like her. But I like more)
With the words ‘let’, ‘looks’, ‘but’, ‘except’, we use the objective case, not the subjective case.
Examples:
It’s I or It’s Me:
The simple technique that we should remember here is – always use ‘I’ in the subject place and ‘Me’ in the object place.
Examples:
Remember:
Possessive Adjective: (my, our, your, his, her, its, their)
These are the forms of Pronouns but used to describe the Nouns. So they are called Possessive Adjectives or Adjective Pronouns (Pronominal Adjectives) .
Examples:
Possessive Pronoun: (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs)
It is used to show possession. It can be used as the subject of the verb or object of the verb.
Examples:
The order of Personal Pronouns:
When we use Pronouns that refer to different persons in a sentence, we generally follow the following order.
Singular Number:
2nd person + 3rd person + 1st person (You + He + I)
Examples:
Plural Number:
1st Person + 2nd Person + 3rd Person
Examples:
More Examples:
Incorrect: He and myself are not suitable for it.
Correct: He and I are not suitable for it.
Incorrect: I, you and he can convince her.
Correct: You, he and I can convince her.
Incorrect: I and she can accompany you.
Correct: She and I can accompany you.
Incorrect: He and you must attend the class.
Correct: You and he must attend the class.
Incorrect: I and you are not eligible for that.
Correct: You and I are not eligible for that.
Note:
When different pronouns are connected by ‘or’ or ‘ nor’ the Verb should agree with the pronoun nearest to it.
Examples:
Incorrect: Either you or he are fit for the job.
Correct: Either you or he is fit for the job.
Incorrect: Neither you nor I has done the project.
Correct: Neither you nor I have done the project.
Personal Pronouns Exercises:
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the pronoun in the following:
Answers:
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