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Homepage Study Work Sheet: Personal Pronouns
| 1. Personal pronouns refer to the three possible subjects of speech: the person speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and the person or thing spoken about (third person). |
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| Upon using personal pronouns we need to take into consideration: number, gender, and case. |
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- Number can be singular or plural. Singular: I Plural: we - Person can be: 1st person: I 2nd person: you or 3rd person: he - Gender can be either: male he, female she, or neuter it. |
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| Personal pronouns can either be in: subjective, objective, or possessive case. And each case contains singular or plural pronouns. |
| Personal Pronouns - Three Cases | ||
| 1. Subjective Case Pronouns | 2. Objective Case Pronouns | 3. Possessive Case Pronouns |
| I | me | my (mine) |
| you | you | your (yours) |
| he, she, it | him, her, it | his, her (hers), it (its) |
| we | us | our (ours) |
| they | them | their (theirs) |
| who | whom | whose |
| 1. Subjective Case: are pronouns used as the sentence subject. |
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- The singular subjective case pronouns are: I, you, he, she, and it. Eg. Can you assist this woman? - The plural subjective case pronouns are: we, you, and they. Eg. They gave assistance to the woman. |
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| "Subject" pronouns proceed the verb. Eg. They gave assistance to the woman. |
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"Subject Compliment" pronouns usually follow a linking verb. If the verb is linking, then the word that answers the what? or who? question is a subject complement. Eg. The winners were Jane and I. |
| 2. Objective Case: are pronouns used as objects of verbs or prepositions. |
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- The singular objective case pronouns are: me, you, him, her, and it. Eg. The men assisted her up the stairs. - The plural objective case pronouns are: us, you, and them. Eg. For them, I'll do it. |
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| Objective Case pronouns: can function either as direct objects (DO), inderect objects (IO), or objects of prepositions (OP). |
| a) DO - Direct Object: only action verbs can have direct objects. Subject + Verb + What? or Who? = Direct Object |
| With most verbs the direct object can be a noun or a pronoun. The pronoun or noun can either be put before or after it. |
| Eg. John hit him hard. Our secretary quit on us today. |
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b) IO - Indirect Object: An indirect object is always in a clause in which the main verb is a transitive active verb. The IO is almost always the person "to whom" or "for whom" something is done. |
| Eg. John admitted his love for Jane. The doctor precribed medicine for her headache. |
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c) OP - Object of Preposition completes a prepositional phrase. The words after a preposition are said to be the object of the preposition. Eg. I went to the store with them. Preposition: with Pronoun: them |
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3. Possessive Case: Pronouns which express ownership. Eg. The police officer soon concluded that the car was mine. |
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