Lesson 1 Personal Object Pronouns
Lesson 1 Personal Object Pronouns
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GRAMMAR I
A personal pronoun is a short word we use as a simple
substitute for the proper name of a person that performs the
LESSON 1 action in a sentence. Each of the English personal pronouns
shows us the grammatical person, gender, number, and case
of the noun it replaces. English grammar requires that the
“PERSONAL & OBJECT subject come before the verb in a sentence (except in
questions).
PRONOUNS”
A personal pronoun can be in one of three “persons”:
First-person pronoun refers to the speaker.
I (1st person singular)
BY: MR. FER We (1st person plural)
Second-person pronoun refers to the person being Plural Subject Pronoun Examples
spoken to.
The examples below demonstrate proper usage
You (2nd person singular)
of plural subject pronouns.
You (2nd person plural)
We are planning a vacation.
They will be visiting Florida soon.
Third-person pronoun refers to the person being spoken You are a great group.
of.
He (3rd person singular masculine)
She (3rd person singular feminine) *Nominative case (subject forms) is when the personal
pronoun is the subject of the verb in the sentence.
It (3rd person singular neuter)
They (3rd person plural)
OBJECT PRONOUNS
Singular Subject Pronoun Examples
The following examples illustrate each of the singular
subject pronouns:
I went to the store yesterday.
He is helping his little sister.
She is planning to study all weekend.
You are not very funny.
It is awesome.
An object pronoun is not the subject of the sentence. Singular Object Pronoun Examples
It is usually the object that is affected in some way by the
The following examples illustrate each of the singular
subject of the sentence (pronouns that receive the action in a
object pronouns:
sentence). Instead, it replaces a noun that received the action
of a verb. She told her deepest secret to him.
You should explain the procedure to her.
Susie made me laugh.
An object pronoun can also be used after prepositions, You should give it to mom.
i.e. “I will go with him”. With few exceptions, English I am bringing a pie to you tomorrow.
grammar requires that objects follow the verb in a sentence.
Subject pronouns translate into object pronouns as Grandma is visiting us next month.
follows. The subject pronoun version is on the left side of Explain what you did to them.
each example, with the corresponding object pronoun on the As my siblings, I hope you know how much I
right. love you.
"I" becomes "me,"
"You" stays as "you"
"He" becomes "him" *Objective case (object forms) is when the pronoun is the
object of the verb in the sentence.
"She" becomes "her"
"It" stays as "it"
"They" becomes "them"