Personal Pronouns

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Personal Pronouns
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Personal Subject Pronouns
Singular Plural
I you he she it we you they
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We use subject personal pronouns before verb
instead of a name or noun as subjects. John is
handsome. He is handsome.
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We use object personal pronouns after verbs or
prepositions as objects. She doesnt like me.
Look at her.
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Object Personal Pronouns
Singular Plural
me you him her it us you them
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Possessive Pronouns
Singular Plural
mine yours his hers - ours yours theirs
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Possessive pronouns show that something
belongs to someone. They do not take a noun
after them. Compare This is her doll.
(possessive adjective)
It is hers. (possessive pronoun) There
is no possessive pronoun for it.
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The Possessive Case
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To show possession We add -s to a noun in
the singular and to irregular plural nouns.
It is the boys dog. (It is his dog the dog
belongs to him.) It is the childrens ball.
(It is their ball the ball belongs to them.)
We add - to regular plural nouns. This is the
girls house. (It is their house the house
belongs to them) We add -s to the last noun
of a phrase to show that something belongs
to two or more people. This is Mary and Johns
car. (It is their car.)