CASES OF PRONOUNS

Mr. Vince Justin Roland S. Madriaga

English Teacher
Concept Notes

Nouns and pronouns in English are said to display case according to their
function in the sentence, They can be subjective or nominative (which
means that they act as the subject of independent or dependent
clauses), possessive (which means they show possession of something
else), or objective (which means they function as the recipient of action
or are the object of a preposition).
Cases of Pronouns
Pronouns
SINGULAR SUBJECTIVE POSSESSIVE OBJECTIVE

First Person I my, mine me

Second Person you your, yours you
Third Person he his him
she his, hers her
it its it

PLURAL
First Person we our, ours us

Second Person you your, yours you

Third Person they their, theirs them
Subjective Case

Subjective case is sometimes called the nominative case. A pronoun is in the subjective
case when it is used as the subject of the sentence or as a predicate noun. A predicate
noun follows a form of the "be" verb, and it renames the subject of the sentence. In the
following examples, nouns and pronouns in the subjective case are in orange.

Examples:
I hope to finish my paper tonight.
He is a clown. (The word clown is a predicate noun)
They have won five gold medals in the SEA Games.
Objective Case

A pronoun is in the objective case when it is used as a direct object, an indirect object,
or an object of the preposition.

Examples:
Our family
Our dog crawled under the fence.
Mom gave us the money.
Possessive Case

A pronoun is in the possessive case when it is used to show ownership of an object.

Examples:
Mom washed Valerie's leotard.
Where did you find her book?