Subject Pronouns for beginners

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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.

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English Subject Pronouns

The subject pronouns in English are:

	Singular	Plural
1st-person	I	We
2nd-person	You	You
3rd-person	He/She/It	They

subject pronoun "it" in a sentence

You: Plural and Singular

'You' is the singular and plural, second-person pronoun. It refers to the person or people being spoken to.

Hi, Kelly. Are you OK? (Singular You)

Hi guys! How are you? (Plural You)

Gender of Subject Pronouns

Subject pronouns can refer to a man or boy (masculine), a woman or a girl (feminine) an animal or a thing (neutral). Look at the table below:

	Third-person Singular Pronouns
Man	He → John, David, man, boy
Woman	She → Mary, Kate, woman, girl
Non-Human	It → chair, dog, bird, book

What Do Subject Pronouns Do?

Subject pronouns do the action in a sentence. Take a look at these sentences:

My brother is 7 years old. My brother is really cute. My brother is smart.

The sentences above sound repetitive and awkward. We can fix them by using subject pronouns:

My brother is 7 years old. He is really cute and smart.

Now, let us take a look at more examples:

He is going to the movies.

A : Where's your office?

B : It's on the third floor.

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- You: Plural and Singular
- Gender of Subject Pronouns
What Do Subject Pronouns Do?

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.

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun is a word that substitutes a name to avoid repetition. Personal pronouns show us the grammatical person and gender of the name they refer to.

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.

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.

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.

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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