Personal Pronouns For Intermediate learners

This lesson explains Personal Pronouns with straightforward explanations and useful examples to reinforce understanding.

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"Personal Pronouns" in the English Grammar

What Are Personal Pronouns?

Personal pronouns are a type of pronoun that refers to specific individuals or things and can replace nouns in a sentence. Personal pronouns have three distinguishing features:

person (first, second, third)

number (singular, plural)

gender (feminine, masculine, neutral)

Person

We have three grammatical persons:

first-person → I, me, we

second-person → you, yourselves

third-person → he, her, himself, they, them

Number

In English, pronouns are typically divided into two groups:

singular (one person) → I, me, myself

plural (more than one person) → we, us, them, ourselves

Gender

English personal pronouns have three categories based on gender:

Masculine (men/boys) → he, him, himself

Feminine (women/girls) → she, her, herself

Neutral (things/animals) → we, it, they

English Personal Pronouns

The basic personal pronouns of modern English are:

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