Personal Pronouns Basics
Look at the following sentences:
- I love him.
- We have invited them.
- She visited us.
- We have decided to buy it.
The words in bold letters are examples of personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns belong to three categories: first person, second person and third person.
First personThe pronouns I, my, mine, me, we, our, ours and us are called first person pronouns.
Second personThe pronouns you, your, yours are called second person pronouns. Note that the archaic words thou, thine, thee and ye are also second person pronouns. They are, nevertheless, seldom used except in poetry.
Third personThe pronouns he, his, him, she, her, hers, they, their, theirs, them, it and its are called third person pronouns.
Case
A personal pronoun can be in three case forms: nominative case, objective case and possessive case.
The pronouns I, you, he, she, it, they and we are said to be in the nominative case (subject form).
The pronouns my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their and theirs are said to be in the possessive case. The pronouns me, you, him, her, it, us and them are said to be in the objective case (object form).
See also
Common errors with adverbs New!
Common errors with conjunctions New!
Expressing a condition
Expressing a concession or contrast
Common errors with adjectives
Common errors with pronouns
Common errors with nouns and noun phrases
Causative use of Have
Indirect questions
More CBSE English Grammar worksheets
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Passive voice worksheet | Future perfect tense
