What are Personal Pronouns?

A pronoun can replace a noun or another

pronoun.
Mary is my sister She is my sister

We use pronouns like ”he”, ”her”, ”us”, ”them”,... to

make our sentences less repetitive and less
cumbersome.
Ann told Robert that She told him that
Robert was her best he was her best friend.
friend.
 Personal Pronoun: Classification
We can classify personal pronouns into several types.

We are going to study some of them.

These ones are...

Subjective Personal Pronouns.

Objective Personal Pronouns.

Possessive Personal Pronouns.

Reflexive Pronouns.

But there are more!

 Subjective Personal Pronouns.
A Subjective Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.
I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they

She is a teacher. We are the champions.

 Objective Personal Pronouns.
An Objective Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as an object.
me / you / him / her / it / us / you / them

Charles told him the She bought them a lot

truth. of food.
 Possessive Personal Pronouns.
A Possessive Personal Pronoun indicates us the
pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and
defines who is the owner.

mine / yours / his / hers / its / ours / yours / theirs

This car is mine.

 Reflexive Personal Pronouns.
A Reflexive Personal Pronoun is used to refer
back the action to the subject of the sentence.

myself / yourself / himself / herself / itself /

ourselves / yourselves / themselves

Mary looked at herself

in the mirror.
NOW SOME
ACTIVITIES
She burnt _______

1.- hers
2.- herself
3.- ourselves
She burnt _______

1.- hers
2.- herself
3.- ourselves
She loves _______

1.- him
2.- himself
3.- he
She loves _______

1.- him
2.- himself
3.- he
Give _____ back my pencil!

1.- them
2.- yours
3.- me
Give _____ back my pencil!

1.- them
2.- yours
3.- me
____ are my teachers.

1.- He
2.- They
3.- She
____ are my teachers.

1.- He
2.- They
3.- She
This is your dog. It's ____

1.- yours
2.- hers
3.- you
This is your dog. It's ____

1.- yours
2.- hers
3.- you
Ron and you bought _____ a car.

1.- mine
2.- yourselves
3.- yours
Ron and you bought _____ a car.

1.- mine
2.- yourselves
3.- yours
Mary is my sister. ____ is 10.

1.- He
2.- She
3.- They
Mary is my sister. ____ is 10.

1.- He
2.- She
3.- They
They made ____ a coffee.

1.- themselves
2.- theirs
3.- I
They made ____ a coffee.

1.- themselves
2.- theirs
3.- I
This suit is ____

1.- me
2.- I
3.- his
This suit is ____

1.- me
2.- I
3.- his