Personal Pronouns and Subject Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns &
Subject Pronouns
Prof. Cynthia Tejada

2. Personal Pronoun
 A personal pronoun is a short word we use as a simple
substitute for the proper name of a person.

3. Subject Pronoun
 Pronouns are versatile words that can substitute for many nouns. The word
"pronoun" comes from the Latin word "pronomen" which breaks down onto "pro"
and "nomen." They mean "in place of" and "name."
 The key benefits of pronouns are that they are useful in making our language less
repetitive and keep it from bogging down. If it weren't for pronouns, when you
were talking about someone, you would have to keep repeating their name over
and over.

4. Personal Pronoun
 Each of the English personal pronouns shows us the
grammatical person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), gender (male/female),
number (singular/plural), and case of the noun it replaces. I,
you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us, and them are
all personal pronouns.

5. Personal Pronoun
 A personal pronoun can be in one of three “persons.” A first-
person pronoun refers to the speaker, a second-person
pronoun refers to the person being spoken to, and a third-
person pronoun refers to the person being spoken of. For
each of these three grammatical persons, there is a plural as
well.

7. Subject Pronoun
 Generally speaking, the typical structure of a sentence in
English is subject + verb + direct object. That isn't always the
case, of course, but it is the basic formula. The subject can
then be replaced by a subject pronoun in subsequent
mentions to reduce unnecessary repetition.

8. Examples of Subject Pronouns
 The puppies are cute, but sometimes they act crazy.
 Lucy housesat for us. She watered the plants and brought in the mail.
 I wanted to go to the party. He wanted to stay at home.
 I love that dress!
 You can go to the game, as long as you finish the dishes.
 It just isn't possible.
 We left early to avoid traffic.
 She and Janette went to the party last night.
 We are finished with those examples.
 He is the fastest runner on the team.
 The balloon floated into a tree, where it popped loudly.

11. You: Singular or Plural
 One pitfall of English is that it uses the same word, you, for
both the second person singular and plural. Many other
languages do not have this problem, because they use distinct
words for each. But in English, we need a context to determine
whether you is singular or plural.

12. Object Pronouns
 Object pronouns are those pronouns that receive the action
in a sentence. They are me, you, him, her, us,
them, and whom. Any noun receiving an action in the
sentence, like these pronouns, is an object and is
categorized as objective case.* An object pronoun can also
be used after prepositions, i.e. “I will go with him.” With few
exceptions, English grammar requires that objects follow the
verb in a sentence.

13. I give them cookies every week.
 In this sentence, “I” is the actor (subject pronoun) performing
the action of making (verb). “Them” is the noun receiving the
giving; it is the object. You wouldn’t ever use a subject noun
after “give” here.

15. Its your turn!!!!

16. Correct or Incorrect
 Her and me went to the movies.
 She and I went to the movies.
 If you have any questions, you can ask me.
 She and me are old friends.
 I went to the movies.
 Me went to the movies.
 She and I went to the movies.
CORRECT
INCORRECT
CORRECT
CORRECT
INCORRECT
CORRECT
INCORRECT

17. Practice
Circle the Pronoun and say if it is Subject or Object.
 I would like some water
 Marie, did you forget something?
 Kevin said he would share his cake with me.
 The dog acts like it is hungry.
 My parents said they need a night out.
 Are we going to the lake with them?
 Pam gave the cookies to her.
SUBJECT
SUBJECT
SUBJECT OBJECT
OBJECT
SUBJECT
SUBJECT
SUBJECT OBJECT
OBJECT

18. Thank You!!!!