Saturday, July 15, 2017

Personal pronouns

This table outlines the use of personal pronouns in subject object and possessive cases.



Personal pronouns


Subject
Object
Possessive pronouns
First person
(person speaking)



singular
I
me
mine
plural
we
us
ours
Second person
(person being spoken to)



Singular or plural
you
you
yours
Third person
(person or thing being spoken about)



masculine (singular)
he
him
his
feminine (singular)
she
her
hers
thing
it
it
its
Masculine or feminine (plural)
they
them
their

Personal pronouns - first/second/third person - Quiz

Engvid.com is a useful site for English language learners. This lesson explains about pronoun use and the quiz checks understanding of  personal pronouns by looking at:-

  • first person - the person speaking, 
  • second person - the person or people being spoken to and 
  • third person the person male or female/singular or plural or thing, being spoken about.