• Home
    • About
  • Topics
  • 10-week Curriculum
  • Practice/Quizzes
  • Grammar Store
  • Writing Workshops
  • Events

The Tongue Untied

A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Style

  • Parts of Speech
    • Adjectives
      • Descriptive
      • Limiting
      • Predicate Adjective
      • Participles
    • Adverbs
    • Conjunctions
      • Coordinating Conjunctions
      • Subordinating Conjunctions
      • Correlative Conjunctions
      • Conjunctive Adverbs
      • Conjunctions vs Prepositions
    • Nouns
      • Subjects
      • Objects
        • Direct Object
        • Indirect Object
        • Obj. of the Preposition
        • Obj. of the Verbal
      • Predicate Nominative
      • Gerunds
    • Prepositions
    • Pronouns
      • Personal
      • Relative
      • Indefinite
      • Demonstrative
      • Interrogative
      • Reflexive
    • Verbs
      • Verb Parts
        • Lexical
        • Auxilliary
      • Verb Types
        • Transitive
        • Intransitive
        • Linking
    • Verbals
      • Gerunds
      • Participles
      • Infinitives
  • The Sentence
    • Clauses
      • Clauses, Independent
      • Clauses, Dependent
    • Phrases
      • Prepositional
      • Participial
      • Gerund Phrase
      • Appositives
  • Case
    • Nominative-Subjective
    • Objective
    • Possessive
    • Possessive Nouns
  • Agreement
    • Always Plural
    • Always Singular
    • Singular or Plural — It Depends
    • Antecedents
  • Punctuation
    • Apostrophe
    • Commas
    • Colon
    • Dash
    • Hyphens
    • semicolon
    • Quotation Mark
  • Writing/Editing
    • Accuracy
    • Clarity
    • Conciseness
    • Misplaced Modifiers
    • Small Things That Matter
    • Spelling/Word Choice
  • Practice

Pronouns: Personal

June 26, 2014 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Personal pronouns stand in for people, places, things and ideas.

(1st person) I, Me, My, Mine,We, Us, Our, Ours
(2nd Person) You, Your, Yours
(3rd Person) He, Him, His, She, Her, Hers, They, Them, Their, Theirs, It, Its, Who, Whom, Whose
What pronoun is used depends on the case
(Subjective/Nominative) I, You, She, He, They, We, It, Who
(Objective) Me, You, Him, Her, Them, Us, It, Whom
(Possessive) Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Theirs, Ours, Its, Whose

 

*************

Help Keep The Tongue Untied Free

Get the entire Tongue Untied 10-week curriculum in an easy-to-read PDF (complete with explanations and examples) for only $15

Add to Cart

*************

[In the following examples, the personal pronoun is bold.]

  • The boy hopes that someone will give him a cookie from the table.

The objective form of the pronoun is used because the pronoun HIM is an indirect object.

  • Does Jim think that he will be able to attend the lecture.

The subjective form of the pronoun is used because HE is the subject for the verb WILL BE ABLE.

  • Will Alexis donate her dresses to the celebrity auction?

The possessive form of the pronoun (HER) is used to denote ownership.

  • Did Arnold offer them a ride to the game.

The objective form of the pronoun is used because THEM is an indirect object.

  • Who will be attending the reception?

The subjective form of the pronoun is used because WHO is the subject for the verb WILL BE ATTENDING.

  • May Connor bring his puppy to school?

The possessive form of the pronoun (HIS) is used to denote ownership.

Related posts:

Adjectives: Descriptive
Case: Nominative
Verbals: Participles

Filed Under: Parts of Speech, Personal, Pronouns

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More to explore

Copyright © 2018 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in