Subject Pronouns

What is a Subject Pronoun?

A subject pronoun is exactly what it sounds like: a pronoun that takes the
place of a noun as the subject of a sentence. Remember, a sentence’s
subject is the person or thing that performs the action of a verb.

The subject of a sentence is a person or thing that performs the action of the verb.

Subject pronouns are used to replace the subject (person or thing) of a verb.

We do NOT normally say:

 John is tall and John is intelligent.

Saying the word "John" twice is repetitive and does not sound natural.

We replace the Subject (John) that appears the second time with a subject pronoun to avoid
repetition (and in this case to avoid saying the name John again.)

So we would say:

 John is tall and he is intelligent.

We replace the second "John" with the Subject Pronoun "He".

What are the subject pronouns in English?

These are the subject pronouns we use in English

Subject
Singular or Plural - Who? Masculine or Feminine
Pronoun

I Singular - first person masculine or feminine

You Singular - second person masculine or feminine
He Singular - third person only masculine
She Singular - third person only feminine
It Singular - third person object / thing / animal
We Plural - first person masculine or feminine
You Plural - second person masculine or feminine
They Plural - third person masculine or feminine

When do you use IT?

 IT is normally used when we refer to objects, things, animals or ideas (and not normally
people).

 The dog is big. It is also hairy. (It = the dog)

 My bed is small but it is comfortable. (It = my bed)

Sometimes when we don't know the sex of a baby (we don't know if it is a boy or girl), then we
can use IT.

 Their baby is very small. It only weighs 2 kilos. (It = the baby.)

We use IT when we talk about the time, weather or temperature.

 It is five o'clock (= the time is five o'clock)

 It is cold today. (= the weather is cold today.)
 It is 30º outside right now. (= the temperature is 30º outside right now)

Subject Pronouns Exercises

1. __________ kicked the ball so hard that his shoe came off.
A. She
B. They
C. He
D. It
2. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think __________ enjoy studying.
A. He
B. She
C. You
D. I
3. The dog stole Tara’s ice cream before __________ ran away.
A. You
B. I
C. They
D. It
4. __________ enjoys going to the gym early each morning.
A. I
B. She
C. They
D. We
5. __________ prefer hiking to movies.
A. She
B. He
C. We
D. It
6. __________ is raining again.
A. It
B. She
C. He
D. We
7. __________ puts ketchup on everything she eats.
A. He
B. She
C. We
D. It
8. You can have ice cream after __________ finish your dinner.
A. We
B. You
C. It
D. She
 1.  is dreaming. (George)
2.  is green. (the blackboard)
3.  are on the wall. (the posters)
4.  is running. (the dog)
5.  are watching TV. (my mother and I)
6.  are in the garden. (the flowers)
7.  is riding his bike. (Tom)
8.  is from Bristol. (Victoria)
9.  has got a brother. (Diana)
10. Have   got a computer, Mandy

Fill in the blanks with He, She, It or They

1. is an apple. 9. is my mother.
2. is my grandfather. 10. is my grandmother.
3. are lions. 11. is a teapot.
4. is my sister. 12. is a cloud.
5. are teapots. 13. is my father.
6. is my brother. 14. are flowers.
7. are boys and girls. 15. is a balloon.
8. is a robot. 16. are students.

1. The tulips are in 2. My friends and I 3. Where is the 4. Paula and Tom
the country. ………… are in the pool. cat? …………… is aren’t playing cards.
are pink. …………… are on the armchair. …………… are
training. playing chess.

5. Are your parents in 6. Where are Mr & 7. This is Mary. 8. What colour is the
the kitchen? No, Mrs Brown? ……… is my best bird? …………… is
……………… aren’t. ………… are in friend. blue.
…………… are in the the park.
garden.

9. Where ‘s Sally? 10. Mrs Hen and 11. The books are 12. …… am in the
………… is in bed. the chicks are at on the table. park with my
the farm. ……… is …………… are friends. …………
reading and …… Mary’s books. are having a
are listening. birthday party.

13. These are 14. Where’s the 15. There are 16. Mr White is our
students. ………… cow? …………… some colour school bus driver.
are in class now. is in the fields. pencils. ………… ………… is very
are in the box. nice.

17. This is our school. 18. Are you at the 19. What colour is 20. I’m with my
……… is very big. library? Yes, the telephone? parents and sister.
……… am. ……… is green. ……… are very
happy!

21. Mary and her 22. Your grandma 23. “Is Tony with 24. Are these
father are at home. and you are in the you, Paula?” “No, cherries? No,
………… is reading a kitchen. ……… …………… isn’t” ………… aren’t.
book. are really good ……… are
cooks. strawberries.
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