Personal pronouns are words like he, she, they, it, you and I. Personal pronouns have subject, object and possessive forms.

Subject pronouns: he, she, I, you, we, they, it

Object pronouns: him, her, me, you, us, them, it

Possessive pronouns: his, hers, mine, yours, ours, theirs, its

Possessive adjectives are also derived from personal pronouns. Examples are: his, her, my, your, our, their, its. Possessive adjectives go before nouns. They cannot stand alone.

• This is my pen.
• That is your cat.

We can also express the same ideas using possessive pronouns.

• This pen is mine.
• That cat is yours.

Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronoun.

1. Raju enjoys riding my bicycle. I often lend ………………….. to …………………..

2. I visited Rani yesterday. ………………………. was practicing the violin.

3. Ravi is very hardworking. ……………………. will achieve great success in life.

4. My mother is a nurse. ……………………… volunteers for the Red Cross.

5. Where is Rahim? ……………………… has been absent since Monday.

6. I bought a laptop yesterday. ……………………… is not very expensive.

7. A stone is an inanimate object. That means ……………………… has no life.

8. Tigers are facing the threat of extinction. The government should do something to save ………………………..

9. I watched a sci-fi movie yesterday. ………………………. was very interesting.

10. If we ask ………………………. she will teach ……………………… how to play the violin.

Answers

1. it, him, 2. She, 3. He, 4. She, 5. He, 6. It, 7. it, 8. them, 9. It, 10. her, us

Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate personal pronoun.

1. He refused to talk to ………………….. (I/me)

2. Do you think …………………… (we / us) should wait for ……………………… (he / him)?

3. She doesn’t remember ……………………(I / me)

4. I had no one to help ………………….. (I / me)

5. I don’t know what happened to ……………………….. (they / them)

6. She asked ………………. (I / me) if I wanted to go with …………………… (she / her)

7. Everybody appreciated the girl for ……………………… wonderful performance. (she / her)

8. Why are ………………… (you / your) staring at ……………………..? (I / me)

9. She is better than …………………. (he / him)

10. The boy was wearing a funny hat, so, ………………………… (he / his / him) friends laughed at ……………….. (he / him)

11. What ………………….. (he / him) said made ……………………. (they / them) angry.

12. Don’t tell …………………… (she / her). I don’t want …………………. (she / her) to know.

Answers

1. me, 2. we, him, 3. me, 4. me, 5. them, 6. me, her, 7. her, 8. you, me, 9. him, 10. his, him, 11. he, them, 12. her, her

Notes

Object pronouns are preferred after as and than.

• She works harder than him. (More natural than She works harder than he.)
• I work as hard as her.

However, subject pronouns are used before a verb.

• She works harder than he does. (NOT She works harder than him does,)
• I work as hard as she does.

Worksheet 3

Fill in the blanks using an appropriate pronoun.

1. They have invited ……………………. to their party. (us / we)

2. You have never praised …………………… for anything. (me / I)

3. We cannot expect ………………………. to be on time. (they / them)

4. You needn’t have invited…………………………. (he / him)

5. I don’t know what ……………………… should do. (I /me)

6. The girls are waiting outside. …………………….. want to see the principal.

7. He is old friend of ………………………. (me / my / mine)

8. They blamed ……………………….. for the loss. (them / themselves)

9. He ran away because ………………………. was afraid. (he / him)

10. You cannot trust ……………………. (his / him /he)

11. She doesn’t like ………………………… (they / them)

12. You can’t believe ……………………. (she / her)

Answers

1. us, 2. me, 3. them, 4. him, 5. I, 6. they, 7. mine, 8. themselves, 9. he, 10. him, 11. them, 12. her