Personal Pronoun

Personal Pronouns Definition

A personal pronoun is a type of pronoun that replaces a specific person or a group of people. Personal pronouns are used to avoid repetition of nouns in a paragraph. They can represent first person, second person and third person and can be both in singular or plural form.

Examples of Personal Pronouns

Types of Personal Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns

This type of pronouns are used when we refer to only one person or one thing.

Commonly used singular personal pronouns are:

1. First-person pronoun: I, me
2. Second person pronoun: You
3. Third person pronoun: she, her, it, he, him 

Plural Personal Pronouns

This type of pronouns are used when we want to refer to more than one person or more than one thing. 

Commonly used plural personal pronouns are:

1. First-person pronoun: us, we
2. Second person pronoun: you
3. Third person pronoun: them, they

Subjective Personal Pronouns

1. This type of pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence. 
2. They are also called subject pronouns.
3. They replace the subject in a sentence. 
4. I, you, we, he, she, it, they are subjective personal pronouns. 

Objective Personal Pronouns

1. This type of pronouns replace the object of a sentence. 
2. You, me, her, him, us, it, them are objective personal pronouns.

When to Use Personal Pronouns?

1. Personal pronouns are used to introduce oneself to others in a conversation. For example, I am a student. 
2. They are used to refer to others. For example, He is my classmate. 
3. They are used to speak someone directly. For example, Can you please give me some? 
4. They are used for a group of people or a group of things. For example, They want to visit Delhi this week. 
5. They are used where there is repetition of nouns in a sentence or a paragraph.
6. They provide clarity and avoid confusion on what is being talked about. For example, The giant balloon popped and it scared me. 

Common Mistakes With Personal Pronouns

1. By mistake, students use object pronouns in place of subject pronouns. For example, ‘Me and Varun went to the mall.’ is an incorrect sentence. ‘Varun and I went to the mall’ is the correct sentence. 
2. Students may use the wrong kind of personal pronoun while writing or speaking. For example, they may write ‘Rajvir is my brother, they is two years younger than me.’ instead of ‘Rajvir is my brother, he is two years younger than me.’
3. Students may use ‘it’ without giving a clear reference thus creating confusion in a sentence.

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List of Personal Pronouns in Sentences

1. We can do this.
2. He loves to play Football. 
3. I am going to school.
4. Can I have some sugar? 
5. This is my hometown. 
6. It is sunny outside.
7. You can go to the store. 
8. It is raining outside. 
9. They came to my house last evening. 
10. She is a great teacher. 
11. Can you help me with this project?
12. This is for us. 
13. Keshav and I went to the park.

FAQs

1. What are personal pronouns?

Answer: Personal pronouns are words that are used to replace proper nouns like the names of people that repeat themselves. For example, Jake loves to play football. He is my coach. 

2. What are the types of personal pronouns? 

Answer: There are four types of personal pronouns: 

1. Singular personal pronouns
2. Plural personal pronouns
3. Subjective personal pronouns 
4. Objective personal pronouns

3. Give an example of personal pronoun used in a sentence.

Answer: An example of personal pronoun used in sentence: Kyle and Harry are my cousins. They are visiting my house.