Pronouns are words we use in the place of a full noun.
We have both subject and object pronouns:
Subject | Object |
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I | me |
you | you |
he | him |
she | her |
it | it |
we | us |
you | you |
they | them |
We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman we use they/them.
This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
Talk to a friend. Ask them to help you.
You could go to a doctor. They might help you.
Subject pronouns
We use subject pronouns as subject of the verb:
I like your dress.
You are late.
He is my friend
It is raining
She is on holiday
We live in England.
They come from London.
Warning |
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Remember: English clauses always have a subject: His father has just retired. If there is no other subject we use it or there. We call this a dummy subject. |
Object pronouns
We use object pronouns:
• as the object of the verb:
Can you help me please?
I can see you.
She doesn’t like him.
I saw her in town today.
We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.
• after prepositions:
She is waiting for me.
I’ll get it for you.
Give it to him.
Why are you looking at her?
Don’t take it from us.
I’ll speak to them.
Comments
Hello laxmi89,
The problem here is not an issue of subject and object pronouns (you have chosen, correctly, a subject pronoun), but rather that 'she' is a third-person form and so needs to have the auxiliary for 'doesn't' rather than 'don't'. With the auxiliary 'don't' we can use 'I', 'you', 'we' or 'they'.
I hope that clarifies it for you.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi
Thank you for useful information, especially information abou using they/them. I haven't known it before.
I understood everything
In the last sentence ,
Where is Joanne. Have you see ____today?
I filled "them"as i dont know whether Joanne is male/female. It is showing "Her" in the answers.
Can anyone tell me why?
Hello ervipingupta,
You are correct that we use 'them' (they/their/theirs) when we do not know the gender of the person that we are talking about. 'Joanne' is always a female name in English, however, which is why 'her' is expected in the answer.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
wonderful site
could you please solve my doubt?
This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
In these two sentences, you have highlighted only 'him' and 'her' as pronouns. The words 'he' and 'she' are also pronouns. isn't it?
thanks - apoline
Hi apoline,
I think in those sentences "him" and "her" are the objects, no subjects.
thanks
Hello apoline,
You are correct that those are also pronouns. In the examples only certain pronouns are highlighted because we want to show which ones are good examples of the rule above. If we highlighted all of the pronouns I think the examples would be less clear.
I hope that clarifies it for you.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
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