Personal pronouns
Choose subject and object forms of personal pronouns.
Pronouns save us from repeating nouns. In this lesson you will practise choosing the right personal pronoun for the subject and object positions you learnt about earlier.
A personal pronoun stands for a person or thing, and it has a subject form used before the verb and an object form used after a verb or preposition.
Examples
- She manages the canteen at our office.
- Our coach praised us.
- Raju and I are colleagues.
- The gift is from Leela and me.
- They invited him to the party.
How it works
Subject forms
Use I, we, you, he, she, it, they when the pronoun does the action.
We reached the hall early.
Object forms
Use me, us, you, him, her, it, them after a verb or a preposition such as to, with, for, between.
The manager spoke to them.
The cover-up test
When a pronoun is paired with a name, hide the name and read the sentence again. The form that sounds right alone is correct.
Mum called Sita and me. (Mum called me.)
Polite order
Put the other person first and yourself last: you and I, Rina and me.
My friend and I joined a dance class.
Quick reference
| Person | Subject form | Object form |
|---|---|---|
| First, singular | I | me |
| First, plural | we | us |
| Second | you | you |
| Third, masculine | he | him |
| Third, feminine | she | her |
| Third, neuter | it | it |
| Third, plural | they | them |
Common mistakes
✕Me and Arif went to the market.
✓Arif and I went to the market.
Use the subject form and put yourself last.
✕The manager wants to see you and I.
✓The manager wants to see you and me.
After the verb see, use the object form.
✕Us neighbours won the relay.
✓We neighbours won the relay.
The pronoun is part of the subject, so use we.
Worked example
Exercise 1
Tap the personal pronoun.
Vikram gave her a book.
✓her
Her is a personal pronoun used as the object.
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