Personal pronouns.

 Pronouns:

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. There are different kinds of pronouns.

1- Personal pronouns:

Personal pronouns may be used as:

1- The subject of a verb.

2- The object of a verb.

1- subject pronouns:

The subject of a verb does the action of the verb. The personal pronouns I, You, He, She, It, We and They can all be used as the subject of a verb. Study the following two sentences:

Jenna Likes cats. She has four cats.

In the First sentence, the proper noun Jenna is the subject of the verb likes.

In the second sentence, the pronoun she is the subject of the verb has.

Here are some more pairs of sentences that show personal pronouns used as subject of verbs.

My name is Jenna. I am twelve.

My father works hard. He works in a factory.

My sister is older than me . She is twelve.

Our dog is very naughty. He likes to chase cats.

Bob, you are a bad dog!.

Liam and I are playing football. We like sports.

Jim and Jeff are my brothers. They are older than I am.

2- Object pronouns:

The object of a verb, receives the action of the verb. The personal pronouns, Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us and Them Can all be used as the object of a verb.

Look at the following two sentences:

Jenna likes cats. She likes to stroke them.

In the First sentence, the noun cats is the object of the verb likes. In the second sentence, the pronoun them is the object of the verb stroke.

Here are some more pairs of sentences that show personal pronouns used as objects of verbs.

I’m doing my homework. Dad is helping me.

Good bye children! I’ll call you later.

Where’s jhon? I need to speak to him.

Miss Garcia is very nice. All the children like her.

The car is very dirty. Mom is cleaning it.

My chocolates are all gone. Someone has eaten them.

First person, second person and third person:

In grammar, the person who is speaking is called the first person, the one spoken to is called the second person, and the one spoken about is called the third person.

Here is a table to help you remember which pronouns to used.

First person singular          Subject.       Object.

       I                                       I.               Me

Second person singular          You.           You

  

Third person singular         He/she/it.         Him/her/ it.

First person plural :             We.                   Us 

Second person plural :           You.               You 

Third person plural:                 They            Them

Grammar:

Exercises:

1- Make examples and sentences using the personal pronouns:

2- Read the following passage. Write the missing subject and object pronouns:

My name is Jenna.____________have two brothers.________are both older than_________. Sometimes they take _____________to the park and________play football together. I like playing football with _________because they are very good.   We are going to the park today. Would you like to come with __________?__________Can all play together. Afterwards,__________can come to my house if _________want to. I think ________will like my Dad, he is very funny and _________makes great pizzas. Do _______like pizza?

1- Q and A.

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