2. What are Personal Pronouns?
A pronoun can replace a noun or another
pronoun.
We use pronouns like ”he”, ”her”, ”us”, ”them”,... to
make our sentences less repetitive and less
cumbersome.
Mary is my sister She is my sister
Ann told Robert that
Robert was her best
friend.
Ann told Robert that
Robert was her best
friend.
She told him that
he was her best friend.
3. Personal Pronoun: Classification
We can classify personal pronouns into several types.
We are going to study some of them.
These ones are...
Subjective Personal Pronouns.
Objective Personal Pronouns.
Possessive Personal Pronouns.
Reflexive Pronouns.
But there are more!
4. Subjective Personal Pronouns.
A Subjective Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they
She is a teacher. We are the champions.
5. Objective Personal Pronouns.
An Objective Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as an object.
me / you / him / her / it / us / you / them
Charles told him the
truth.
She bought them a lot
of food.
6. Possessive Personal Pronouns.
A Possessive Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and
defines who is the owner.
mine / yours / his / hers / its / ours / yours / theirs
This car is mine.
7. Reflexive Personal Pronouns.
A Reflexive Personal Pronoun is used to refer
back the action to the subject of the sentence.
myself / yourself / himself / herself / itself /
ourselves / yourselves / themselves
Mary looked at herself
in the mirror.