This document discusses personal pronouns and how they are used. It explains that personal pronouns can be used as subjects or objects of verbs, and after prepositions. It provides examples of singular and plural personal pronouns used as subjects and objects in the first, second and third person. It also notes some exceptions and additional uses of pronouns like "it" as an empty pronoun or for weather, time and distance.

1. vs

2. Daniel likes basketball.
He plays it all the time.

3. he
it
Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns may be used as:
He plays it all the time.
the subject of a verb the object of a verb
Subject
pronoun
Object
pronoun

4. he
it
Personal Pronouns
After a preposition:
Object
pronoun
Can I play with you?

5. Jane likes dogs.
She has got one.
Subject Pronouns

6. P
L
U
R
A
L
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
Subject
Pronouns
1
st
2
nd
3
rd
1
st
2
nd
3
rd

7. My name is Daniel.
I’m fourteen.
I

8. My father is a doctor.
He works in a hospital.
He

9. Julie is my sister.
She is twelve.
She

10. It
Our classroom is great.
It is big and comfortable.

11. We
David and I are
playing football.
We like sports.

12. Alice and Sally are
classmates.
They are nine years old.
they

13. It
When we are talking about a single thing, we almost
always use it.
Note:
Exceptions:
pet
vehicle,
country
he/she/him/her she/her

14. It
We often use it to introduce a remark:
It’s important to
learn foreign
languages.

15. It
We also use it as an empty pronoun:
timeweather distance
It’s already
ten o’clock.
It’s snowing. It’s 50 km
from here to London.

16. Jane likes dogs.
She likes to stroke them.
Object Pronouns

17. P
L
U
R
A
L
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them
Object
Pronouns
1
st
2
nd
3
rd
1
st
2
nd
3
rd

18. me
I don´t understand this.
Can you help me?

19. you
Goodbye, Diana.
I’ll call you later.

20. Daniel is painting.
His mother is helping him.
him

21. Miss Jones is very nice.
All the children like her.
her

22. She knows the answer.
She knows it.
it

23. us
We love miss Jones.
She teaches us many
interesting things.

24. them
Mary loves books.
She likes reading them.

25. Object Pronouns
We can use some object pronouns as short answers, particularly in
informal speaking:
Me!Who ate
all the biscuits?
Note:

26. Keep
in
mind:

27. Personal Pronouns
Replace nouns or noun
phrases
Daniel likes basketball.
He plays it all the time.
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
My father is a doctor.
He works in a hospital.
Mary loves books.
She likes reading them.

28. Personal Pronouns
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular Plural
Subject
Object
I you he we you they
me you him us you them
she it
her it
We also use it as an empty pronoun: timeweather distance
It’s snowing.

29. Personal Pronouns
We can use some object pronouns as short answers, particularly in
informal speaking:
Me!Who ate
all the biscuits?

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