Pronouns

Pronoun the Parrot says that pronouns are words used in place of nouns

Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns
A singular pronoun takes the place of a singular noun without having to say it more than once. Correct example: "John can be weird, but he is a good boy, and very cool to play with." This example uses "he" in place of "John", so the sentence is less choppy.

Singular Pronouns:

I it yours its
you my his me
he mine her him
she your hers  
A plural pronoun is a singular pronoun that describes multiple objects. A correct example of a plural pronoun: "Our club is cool." That is a correct example of a plural pronoun because "Our" is a pronoun, but it describes more than just one person, making it a plural pronoun.

Plural Pronouns:

we our yours us
you ours their them
they your theirs  

Don't confuse subject and object pronouns!
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Object Pronouns Possessive Pronouns
An object pronoun is a pronoun taking place of an object. For example: "After Sumeet was done with the crayons, he took them to John." "Them" takes place of  "the crayons" to make the sentence shorter.

Object Pronouns:

me
you

him
her

 it
us
them

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 A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that says you, or someone else, owns something. A correct example of a possessive pronoun:  "Your homemade pizza is delicious, Mrs. Jenkins". This is a correct of a possessive pronoun because "Your" means it's Mrs. Jenkins' homemade pizza.

Possessive pronouns:

my
mine		 our
ours		 your
yours
his
her
hers
its		 their
theirs		  

Subject Pronouns
Subject pronouns are used in TWO different cases. Click here to learn about verbs. 

Subject Pronouns: 

I we
you you
he
she
it		 they

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One example is: "He and Jon loved Coke." "He" is one of the subjects of the sentence. This is a little strategy: He loved Coke., Jon loved Coke. They both work. 

Subject pronouns are also used after linking verbs. A correct example of this would be: 
The caller was she. The pronoun "she" is used, not "her". 
Other examples: It is I who wants to be king. The pronoun "I" is used, not "me".

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This web page was created by Sam, Carter, and Beau

Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary School

March 2005