Personal pronouns

Pronouns are words we use in a sentence to replace a noun.

We have subject and object pronouns:

Subject pronouns
SUBJECT OBJECT
We use subject pronouns as subject of
the sentence:
I me
I like your dress.
you you You are late.
singular

He is my friend
he him It is raining
She is on holiday
she her We live in England.
They come from London.
it it
Object pronouns
We use object pronouns:
we us
• as the object of the sentence:
plural

you you - Can you help me please?

they them - 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.
Exercises
1) Write the subject pronouns that match the underlined word(s).
1 Tom and Joaquin ( ………) study French and German.
2 The cat (…………) is in the garden.
3 Do Emy and you (…………) like golf?
4 Does your sister (…………) sing well?
5 Dr Swam (…………) visits his patients in the morning.
6 Do the students (…………) do the homework?
7 You and I (…………) live in Spain.
8 Do Jill and Joke (…………) meet after school?
9 My mum (…………) cooks really well.
10 The supermarket (………) closes at midday.
11 The books (…………) are on the table.
12 When do you and Tim (…………) play basketball this week?

2) Write the object pronouns that match the underlined word(s).

1 Imane comes to the cinema with Romaissa and I (……………).
2 Do you play with your children (……………) after dinner?
3 Yussef takes his dog (…………) for a walk in the morning.
4 Does Eva study with her brother (…………)?
5 Mr Postman delivers our letters (…………).
6 I usually call Sana (…………) on Friday afternoon.
7 Reduan goes to school with his friends (………).
8 Does mum feed the baby (…………)?
9 Can you pass the newspapers (…………) to I (…………), please?
10 Do you eat apples (…………), Shirin?
11 Laura sends emails (……………) to her best friend (…………).
12 Nora is with my daughter (…………).
3) Mixed exercise: copy the sentence and replace the underlined word(s) by the
correct subject or object pronoun.
Eg. I visit my grandma every Wednesday. → I visit her every Wednesday.
1 Hamza listens to music. → _____________________________________
2 Zoë rides a bike every day. → _____________________________________
3 My mum can speak English. → _____________________________________
4 Ivo and Joep study maths. → _____________________________________
5 My friends help me. → _____________________________________
6 His dad cooks lunch. → _____________________________________
7 The pupils sing the song. → _____________________________________
8 Danny eats his lunch at school.→ _____________________________________
9 I write an email to friends. → _____________________________________
10 We see Vivian every day. → _____________________________________
11 I go swimming with my sister. → _____________________________________
12 Marwa goes to the park. → _____________________________________
13 She knows Sana and Nada. → _____________________________________
14 He opens the door. → _____________________________________
15 We like English. → _____________________________________

4) Complete the dialogue with the missing pronouns.

Evi Hey Marie, are (1) still going to the cinema on Saturday?
Marie Yeah, have (2) checked to see what is showing? (3) want to see the new
film with Jennifer Lawrence.
Evi (4)’s great! I like (5) too. The new film is showing on Saturday. (6) starts at
8:15 pm.
Marie Can (7) take the bus together?
Evi Sure, I’ll meet (8) at the bus stop. My dad can pick (9) up after the film. (10)
doesn’t like it when I take the bus too late in the evening.
Marie Can you ask (11) if he would mind dropping (12) off at home? You know
my parents, (13) don’t like (14) when I come home too late alone.
Evi Not a problem. Tell (15) that I’ll arrange with my dad to give you a lift.
Marie Cool! See you later!

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