Object Pronouns For beginners

In this lesson, beginners will learn about English Object Pronouns with clear explanations, examples, and exercises to practice understanding.

Object Pronouns in the English Grammar

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

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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.

Example

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:

Example

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.

Quiz:


1.

Which sentence is correct?

A

She called he yesterday.

B

She called I yesterday.

C

She called them yesterday.

2.

Sort the words to make a correct sentence:

at
school
.
saw
her
i
3.

Match the words on the right with the correct object pronoun.

Mary
me and my friends
father
door
her
us
him
it
4.

Fill in the blanks with the correct object pronoun.

I saw Jake yesterday. I talked to

about school.

Mary loves books. I gave

a new novel.

Can you help

with my homework?

him
her
me
you
5.

Complete the table with the correct object pronouns.

Subject PronounObject Pronoun

I

he

we

you

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