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Personal Pronoun

In English, The use of pronouns is basically to avoid the repetition of a noun in the paragraph. There are different types of pronouns. But in this article, we will learn about personal pronoun and their types.

What is a Personal Pronoun?

Personal pronouns are groups of words that are used specifically to replace the reoccurrence of a person’s or animal’s name.

Example: I, He, She, It, Me, You, We, They, etc.

Types of Personal Pronoun

First Person

It refers to the person who is speaking.

For Example:

Singular	Plural
I	We
Me	Us

Some of the detailed examples are: –

• I have booked the vacation destination for us.
• Do they let me ride a horse in the garden?
• We will reach the venue before the inauguration of the event.
• Last Saturday, we were roaming in the rose garden.
• I am playing basketball.

Second Person

It refers to the person with whom we are having a conversation.

For Example: You

Some of the detailed examples are:

• You are doing a great job teaching the poor children.
  
• You should complete the training given on the website.
  
• All of you have to join today’s conference call at 5 O’clock.
  
• You should do meditation to remove the stress.
  
• You should inform your group before doing any modifications to the project.

Third Person

It refers to the persons we are discussing in our conversation.  

For Example:

Singular	Plural
He	We
She	Us
It	They
Him	Their
Her	Them

Some of the detailed examples are:

• Himani was tired, so she was relaxing while listening to music.
  
• They went to the ice cream parlour to buy chocolate ice cream for their mother.
  
• Her kid loves to pop balloons in the water.
  
• He wants a dog, so his mother gave it on his birthday.
  
• The shopkeeper sells them a pencil set.

Personal Pronoun and Case

Personal Pronoun	Number	Nominative Case	Objective Case	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
First Person	Singular Plural	I We	Me Us	My Our	Mine Ours
Second Person	Singular Plural	You You	You You	Your Your	Yours Yours
Third Person	Singular Plural	He (masculine) She (feminine) It (neuter) They	Him Her It Them	His Her Its Their	His Her – Theirs

Nominative Case

When pronouns are used as a subject of the verb such as I, He, She, It, You and They.

For Example:

• He found a fossil of dinosaurs.
  
• They helped him to find a book in the library.

Objective Case

Pronouns are used as an object of the verb such as me, us, you, him, her, it and them.

For Example:

• She gifted her a puzzle book.
  
• I invited them to my house.

Possessive Case

We categorise the Possessive case into two types: Possessive Pronoun and Possessive Adjective.

i) Possessive Pronoun: Possessive pronouns such as “mine, ours, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs” can be used as a subject or object of the verb.

For Example:

• Ours is a new house.
  
• She thinks this idea is yours.

ii) Possessive Adjective: Possessive Adjectives such as “my, our, your, his, her, its, their” act as a subject of the verb.

For Example:

• My cat is pretty.
  
• His room is dirty.

Personal Pronoun Practice Exercise

Q.1. Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun: A) _______ am a qualified doctor.	(He/I)
B) _______ will play in the garden after finishing our homework.	(We/Them)
C) My brother sent ______ a skateboard.	(me, we)
D) Both Priyal and Jinisha have visited ______ parents.	(she, their)

ENGLISH-RELATED CONCEPTS:

Reflexive Pronoun	Relative Pronoun
Demonstrative Pronoun	Interrogative Pronoun