Object Pronouns

For beginners

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.

English Object Pronouns

There are eight object pronouns in English:

	Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns
First-person	I	Me
Second-person	You	You
Third-person (m)	He	Him
Third-person (f)	She	Her
Third-person (n)	It	It
First-person (plural)	We	Us
Second-person (plural)	You	You
Third-person (plural)	They	Them

object pronouns "them" and "her" in a sentence

You: Singular and Plural

The pronoun 'you' is used as both singular and plural second-person pronouns in English. It refers to the person to whom the action of the verb is done.

Hey Sally! Did Robin give you the money? (Singular You)

Mom and Dad, I love you. (Plural You)

The Gender of Object Pronouns

Object pronouns can refer to a man or boy (masculine), a woman or a girl (feminine), or an animal or a thing (neutral).

	Third-person Singular Pronouns
Man (m)	Him → Jake, David, man, boy
Woman (f)	Her → Mary, Lucy, woman, girl
Non-human (n)	It → cat, book, tree

What Do Object Pronouns Do?

Object pronouns replace nouns that act as the object of a sentence. Let us take a look at some examples:

You have to ask him.

Here, 'you' is the subject pronoun (doer of the action) and 'him' is the object pronoun (the action of the verb is done to it).

Help us, please.

He bought me a drink.

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