Subject Pronouns - Object Pronouns - Possessive Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns - Reflexive Pronouns
(Printable version of this page)
A subject pronoun is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb. It usually comes before the verb except in questions. A pronoun takes the place of the specific person or thing.
example:
John runs. → He runs.
| Subject Pronoun | Example in a sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | I | I run. |
| you | You run. | |
| he | He runs. | |
| she | She runs. | |
| it | It runs. | |
| Plural | we | We run. |
| you | You run. | |
| they | They run. |
Study the subject pronoun lesson.
An object pronoun is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb. It usually comes after a verb or preposition.
| Object Pronoun | Example in a sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | me | He gave the food to me. |
| you | He gave the food to you. | |
| him | He gave the food to him. | |
| her | He gave the food to her. | |
| it | He gave the food to it. | |
| Plural | us | He gave the food to us. |
| you | He gave the food to you. | |
| them | He gave the food to them. |
Study the object pronoun lesson.
Possessive adjectives indicate who owns something. For example, instead of saying that the book is John's, we could say that it is "his book.""
| Possessive Adjective | Example in a sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | my | That is my food. |
| your | That is your food. | |
| his | That is his food. | |
| her | That is her food. | |
| its | That is its food. | |
| Plural | our | That is our food. |
| your | That is your food. | |
| their | That is their food. |
Study the possessive adjectives lesson.
Possessive pronouns also indicate who owns something, but they are not adjectives. A possessive adjective is used before a noun (e.g., "That is her book."). A possessive pronoun, on the other hand, is a noun and can stand alone, without the name of the thing (e.g., "That is hers.").
| Possessive Pronoun | Example in a sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | mine | The book is mine. |
| yours | The book is yours. | |
| his | The book is his. | |
| hers | The book is hers. | |
| Plural | ours | The book is ours. |
| yours | The book is yours. | |
| theirs | The book is theirs. |
Study the possessive pronouns lesson.
A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to the subject of the sentence. For example, if I say "I hurt myself." I am the subject and object of this sentence because I did the action of the verb and I received the action of the verb.
| Reflexive Pronoun | Example in a sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | myself | I hurt myself. |
| yourself | You hurt yourself. | |
| himself | He hurt himself. | |
| herself | She hurt herself. | |
| itself | It hurt itself. | |
| Plural | ourselves | We hurt ourselves. |
| yourselves | You hurt yourselves. | |
| themselves | They hurt themselves. |
Study the reflexive pronoun lesson.
Beginning - Intermediate - Advanced - Teachers
Pronouns - Pronunciation Rules - Verbs - Irregular Verbs
Vocabulary - Grammar - Pronunciation - Spelling