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Personal Pronouns Usage Guide

This document provides information about subject and object pronouns and examples of replacing nouns with the appropriate pronouns. It defines subject pronouns as those that refer to the subject of a clause and object pronouns as those that can be the direct or indirect object of a clause or the object of a preposition. It includes 3 exercises for readers to practice replacing nouns with pronouns in sentences.

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Personal Pronouns Usage Guide

This document provides information about subject and object pronouns and examples of replacing nouns with the appropriate pronouns. It defines subject pronouns as those that refer to the subject of a clause and object pronouns as those that can be the direct or indirect object of a clause or the object of a preposition. It includes 3 exercises for readers to practice replacing nouns with pronouns in sentences.

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1.

Replace the underlined expression ( subject of the


sentence) by the correct personal pronoun:
 
Mary is a good student. __________ a good student.
Mark is my brother. ___________________
Daisy is my dog. ____________________
Jenny and Susan are friends. ______________
Subject Object Subject Object Subject Object My sister and I are students. ______________
My mother is a nurse. _________________
Mr. Taylor is my English teacher. ___________

 You use personal pronouns to refer to


yourself, the people you are talking
to, or the people or things you are
talking about. There are two types of
personal pronouns:

 Subject pronouns- are used to refer to 2. Replace the underlines word (object of the sentence) by the
the subject of a clause. correct personal pronoun. Follow the example.
Eg.: She knows Mary. She knows her.
 Object pronouns- can be the direct or Subject Object
indirect object of a clause or the Daisy belongs to Susan. _______________________________
object of a preposition
I can see my friends. _________________________________

She is inviting Sam. __________________________________

They invited me and Mary. ____________________________

Mr. Smith knows my mother. __________________________

Subject Object Subject Object Subject Object 3. Correct the wrong sentences.

Do you want to go to the cinema with we?

Note: I called she but her had gone out.


“It” is used for things and animals only in the singular. In the
plural we use “They”. Me forgot to call they.
Eg.: The pen is blue. = It is blue.
The pens are blue. = They are blue. Can you lend I the calculator?
“I” is always a capital letter.
1. Replace the underlined expression ( subject of the
sentence) by the correct personal pronoun:
 
Mary is a good student. __________ a good student.
Mark is my brother. ___________________
Daisy is my dog. ____________________
Jenny and Susan are friends. ______________
Subject Object Subject Object Subject Object My sister and I are students. ______________
My mother is a nurse. _________________
Mr. Taylor is my English teacher. ___________

 You use personal pronouns to refer to


yourself, the people you are talking
to, or the people or things you are
talking about. There are two types of
personal pronouns:

 Subject pronouns- are used to refer to the 2. Replace the underlines word (object of the sentence) by the
subject of a clause. correct personal pronoun. Follow the example.
Eg.: She knows Mary. She knows her.
 Object pronouns- can be the direct or Subject Object
indirect object of a clause or the Daisy belongs to Susan. _______________________________
object of a preposition
I can see my friends. _________________________________

She is inviting Sam. __________________________________

They invited me and Mary. ____________________________

Mr. Smith knows my mother. __________________________

Subject Object Subject Object Subject Object 3. Correct the wrong sentences.

Do you want to go to the cinema with we?

Note: I called she but her had gone out.


“It” is used for things and animals only in the singular. In the
plural we use “They”. Me forgot to call they.
Eg.: The pen is blue. = It is blue.
The pens are blue. = They are blue. Can you lend I the calculator?
“I” is always a capital letter.

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