Type: Comprehensive Grammar

Title: Table of Personal Pronouns

Level: Level 1
Tags: level 1, beginner, personal pronouns, singular pronouns, plural pronouns, subject pronouns,
object pronouns, possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns

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SUGGESTED OBJECTIVES:

To identify the different kinds of pronouns and the functions they serve
To determine how to use pronouns correctly by studying sample sentences

Table of Personal Pronouns

pronouns possessive
number person gender determiners
subject object possessive reflexive
1st male/
(speaker) female I me mine myself my
2nd male/
(listener) female you you yours yourself your
singular
3rd male he him his himself his
(other
female she her hers herself her
person)
neuter it it its itself its
1st male/
(speaker) female we us ours ourselves our
2nd male/
plural
(listener) female you you yours yourselves your
3rd male/
(other female/ they them theirs themselves their
person) neuter

Sample Sentences
1st person singular: I take the minutes of the meeting.
2nd person singular: You take the minutes of the meeting.
subject 3rd person singular: He takes the minutes of the meeting.
1st person plural: We take the minutes of the meeting.
2nd person plural: You take the minutes of the meeting.
3rd person plural: They take the minutes of the meeting.
1st person singular: Mr. Smith is giving me a book.
2nd person singular: Mr. Smith is giving you a book.
object 3rd person singular: Mr. Smith is giving her a book.
 1st person plural: Mr. Smith is giving us a book.
2nd person plural: Mr. Smith is giving you a book.
3rd person plural: Mr. Smith is giving them a book.
pronouns
1st person singular: This computer is mine.
2nd person singular: This computer is yours.
possessive 3rd person singular: This computer is hers.
1st person plural: This computer is ours.
2nd person plural: This computer is yours.
3rd person plural: This computer is theirs.
1st person singular: I am making the presentation myself.
2nd person singular: You are making the presentation yourself.
reflexive 3rd person singular: He is making the presentation himself.
1st person plural: We are making the presentation ourselves.
2nd person plural: You are making the presentation yourselves.
3rd person plural: They are making the presentation themselves.
1st person singular: The clients like my idea.
2nd person singular: The clients like your idea.
possessive 3rd person singular: The clients like her idea.
determiners
1st person plural: The clients like our idea.
2nd person plural: The clients like your idea.
3rd person plural: The clients like their idea.