personal pronouns

Pronouns are words we use in the place of a full noun.

We have both subject and object pronouns:

Subject	Object
I	me
You	you
They	them
We	us
He	him
She	her
It	it

We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman we use they/them.

This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
Talk to a friend. Ask them to help you.
You could go to a doctor. They might help you.

Subject pronouns

We use subject pronouns as subject of the verb:

I like your dress.
You are late.
He is my friend
It is raining
She is on holiday
We live in England.
They come from London.

 

Warning
Remember: English clauses always have a subject:      His father has just retired. Was a teacher. > He was a teacher.      I’m waiting for my wife. Is late.  > She is late. If there is no other subject we use it or there. We call this a dummy subject.

 Object pronouns

 We use object pronouns:
• as the object of the verb:

   Can you help me please?
   I can see you.
   She doesn’t like him.
   I saw her in town today.
   We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.

• after prepositions:

   She is waiting for me.
   I’ll get it for you.
   Give it to him.
   Why are you looking at her?
   Don’t take it from us.
   I’ll speak to them.