What are Personal Pronouns?
- Personal pronouns are words used for particular nouns such as the names of people, places or things.
- Personal pronouns are usually used when we have already mentioned the name of the same noun to avoid the repetition and to bring flow in the sentence.
- For example:
In the second sentence, there are two personal pronouns. The personal pronoun "She" is used in the place of "Dia" and "it" is used in the place of "bag."
Rules for using Personal Pronoun
Number - singular or plural
Person-
First person
- This includes the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker,
- i.e., I, me, we, and us.
Second person
- This includes the speaker's audience,
- i.e., you.)
Third person
- This includes everybody else,
- i.e., he, she, it, they.
Gender
Male-
- includes all male species
- eg- boy, uncle etc.
Female
- includes all female species
- eg- girl, lady, etc.
Common
- includes those nouns which can be used for male as well as female.
- eg- Parent, singer,classmate, etc.
Neuter
- includes all non-living things.
- eg- table, door, clouds, etc.
Case - Subject or an Object
Subject Pronouns
- Subject Pronouns are the personal pronouns
- I, you, he, she, it, they, and we
- are used in the place of nouns as the subject of a sentence.
- Example:
Ms. Dia did not come to office. She had to go to the dentist.
Here, "Ms. Dia" is the subject and "she" is the subject pronoun.
Object pronouns
- Object pronouns are the personal pronouns
- me, you, him, her, it, us, and them
- it takes the place of the object in the sentence
- i.e. the noun that receives the action in a sentence.
- Example:
"Her" is the object pronoun used here.
Possessive Pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ours, its, whose
Here are examples of personal pronouns.
1. You need to stop worrying me.
2. We would love to join you.
3. I want you to read this magazine.
4. You are the fastest baller in our team.
5. They talked to me about current situation of the company.
6. We enjoyed listening to her song.
Pronouns Chart
Practice Exercise
Q1) Underline the personal pronouns in each sentence.· Can you help me lift this box?
· He bought many gifts for her.
· They are coming with him tomorrow.
· It is a sunny day.
· She gave them a letter.
· They won the yesterday match.
· She is waiting for him in auditorium.
· She wants to visit Australia.
· They work together as a team.
· I believe you.
· I will get it for my younger brother.
· I will speak to them about this event.
· Why are you staring at her?
· I saw him in market today.
· It is difficult to find a perfect job.
Q2) Fill in the blanks with suitable Personal Pronouns.
a. Seeing my grandparents makes ____________ happy.
b. When people say rude things _________ become sad.
c. ___ like dogs because ___________ are friendly.
d. _____________like jellies.
e. I gave ____________ a bag of marbles.
f. We didn’t see _________ at the main gate.
g. That red bag is __________.
h. Ravi is putting on ___________ uniform.
i. Please pass ______ the cookies.
j. Please give _____________ money for the bus.
k. Dia’s mom gave _________ a new pen.
l. The girls are tired. Please wait for ______.
m. Drinking milk make __________teeth strong.
Q3)Fill in the blanks with suitable Personal Pronouns.
a. ________ will probably be holiday tomorrow.
b. She does not like _________ at all.
c. Please tell _______ the way to the bank.
d. Can I guide __________ to the principal office?
e. Don’t forget to tell ________ this good new.
f. _________ are twins.
g. They often come to see __________.
h. I have a computer at home but I don’t use ______.
i. I like my teacher because ___________ is very nice.
j. Dia is good girl. Everyone likes ________.
k. Keep all ___________ toys in the basket.
l. My friend and _____ live in Mumbai.
m. ________ are going to watch movie today.