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Unit 3: Parts of Speech: Noun and Pronoun

Notes

Did u know? Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal
pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun,
the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun.

3.6 Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to
indicate person, number, gender, and case.

Subjective Personal Pronouns

A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.
The subjective personal pronouns are “I,” “you,” “she,” “he,” “it,” “we,” “you,” “they.”
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is a subjective personal pronoun
and acts as the subject of the sentence:
I was glad to find the bus pass in the bottom of the green knapsack.
You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.

He stole the selkie’s skin and forced her to live with him.
When she was a young woman, she earned her living as a coal miner.
After many years, they returned to their homeland.
We will meet at the library at 3:30 p.m.

It is on the counter.
Are you the delegates from Sahara group?

Objective Personal Pronouns

An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound
verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. The objective personal pronouns are: “me,” “you,” “her,”
“him,” “it,” “us,” “you,” and “them.”
In the following sentences, each of the highlighted words is an objective personal pronoun:

Seamus stole the selkie’s skin and forced her to live with him.
The objective personal pronoun “her” is the direct object of the verb “forced” and the objective
personal pronoun “him” is the object of the preposition “with.”

After reading the pamphlet, Judy threw it into the garbage can.
The pronoun “it” is the direct object of the verb “threw.”
The agitated assistant stood up and faced the angry delegates and said, “Our leader will
address you in five minutes.”
In this sentence, the pronoun “you” is the direct object of the verb “address.”
Rama and Shyama will meet us at the newest café in the market.
Here the objective personal pronoun “us” is the direct object of the compound verb “will
meet.”

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