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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Apr 2024

I asked my students to solve a problem by themselves. I asked them to solve a problem by themselves.

Apr 2024

himself - His son refused / refuted buying him the latest iPhone, so he bought one himself. My teacher prepared the quiz, and he will mark it himself. itself My cat always covers itself with its faeces / poo . SUBJECT + frequency adverb+ VERB + reflexive pronoun OBJECT + other details My cat covers itself with its faeces / poo, always.

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Myself All these problems,were planned by myself. (passive) I made these t-shirts myself.

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Them - I gave a present to them. consonant

Apr 2024

They came back because of the storm.

Apr 2024

He is a fan of GS. He is a fan of it.

Apr 2024

I am writing an example for the students . I am writing an example for them. We are the world .... You can tell all the problems to us early.

Jan 2024

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Pronouns

Repeating nouns while talking makes the conversation boring. This is why learning pronouns can be helpful. Let us learn more about this type of words.

Subject Pronouns

Pronouns that are used in the position of a subject in sentences are called subject pronouns. In this article, you find all your answers about subject pronouns.

Object Pronouns

Pronouns that can take the place of an object are called object pronouns. In this article, you will get to know different kinds of object pronouns.

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns are used to show that the subject and object of a sentence are exactly the same person or thing or there is a direct connection between them.

Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun mostly used to point to something based on its distance from the speaker. In English, these pronouns have four forms.

Emphatic Pronouns

'Emphatic pronouns' are used to refer to a noun or a pronoun mentioned earlier. So they give more detailed information.

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Personal Pronouns For Intermediate learners

What Are Personal Pronouns?

Person

Number

Gender

English Personal Pronouns

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