Personal Pronouns in English

Personal Pronouns in English

Subject Pronouns

• Refer to the person or thing performing the action described in the sentence
• Used as the subject of a sentence
• Examples:
  • I (first person singular)
  • you (second person singular and plural)
  • he, she, it (third person singular)
  • we (first person plural)
  • they (third person plural)

Object Pronouns

• Refer to the person or thing affected by the action described in the sentence
• Used as the object of a verb or preposition
• Examples:
  • me (first person singular)
  • you (second person singular and plural)
  • him, her, it (third person singular)
  • us (first person plural)
  • them (third person plural)
• Note: Object pronouns replace subject pronouns as objects of verbs or prepositions.