Personal Pronouns, A word used in place of person

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Personal Pronouns

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

What Are Personal Pronouns?

"Personal pronouns are used in place of the person or people that we are talking about."

We use Personal Pronounces in place of the person speaking / person spoken to / person spoken of. There are seven Personal pronouns. They are : I, You, We, He, She, They & It. These Personal pronouns stand for three persons, ie. First Person, Second Person & Third Person.

First Person, Second Person & Third Person.

Examples:

First Person	(I / We)	- the person speaking
Second Person	(You)	- the person spoken to
Third Person	(He/She/It/They)	- the person spoken of

Personal Pronouns And Their Various Forms

Person

Subject

Object

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

First Person

Second Person

You

Your

Third Person

He
She
It

They

Him
Her
It

Them

Uses of Personal Pronouns :

Personal pronouns can be used as 'Subject and 'Object'

Examples:

Personal Pronouns used as 'Subject'

I like Ice-cream.
We went home.
Do you like tea?
He runs fast.
She is clever.
It doesn't work.
They played doubles.

Personal Pronouns used as 'Object'

Raj helped me.
Alex drove us.
Seema loves you.
Did Rahul beat him?
Does Tina know her?
Can the engineer repair it?
Sanju and Maya beat them.

Personal Pronouns in pair, the first sentence shows a subject, the second an object:

• I like tea. || Rahul helped me.
• Do you like tea? || Smit loves you.
• He runs fast. || Did Jenish beat him?
• She is clever. || Does Payal know her?
• It doesn't work. || Can the man fix it?
• We went home. || Krish drove us.
• Do you need a table for five? || Did Alex and Hina beat you at doubles?
• They played doubles. || Alex and Hina beat them.

Exceptions of using "It"

When we are talking about a single thing, we almost always use it. However, there are a few exceptions. We may sometimes refer to an animal as he/him or she/her, especially if the animal is domesticated or a pet. Ships (and some other vessels or vehicles) as well as some countries are often treated as female and referred to as she/her. Here are some examples: