Subject personal pronouns: How and When to Use in English

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Subject personal pronouns

Subject pronouns replace a person or thing.

SingularPlural
1st personI learnWe learn
2nd personYou learn You learn
3rd person ♀She / ♂He learns 
It rains 		They learn

Notes:

  • You is both singular and plural, and is used in formal or informal situations.

You are my best friend.

You are all liars!

Are you the King of England?

  • It is the pronoun for an animal, object or other thing that has already been mentioned. 

That dog is barking, it is annoying me.

Dinner is ready, it is on the table!

Exercise 1

Complete each sentence with the correct pronoun (I, you, etc). Click on the ‘help me’ button below if you need a hand.

am Betty.

are Shorty.

  is Magda.

I am Betty.

You are Shorty.

 She is Magda.

Help me
Test yourself

Complete each sentence with the correct pronoun (I, you, etc). Click on the ‘help me’ button below if you need a hand.

I 1 am Betty.

You 2 are Shorty.

 She 3 is Magda.

1 I:

I am Betty. To introduce yourself, simply say I am Bruno. I is pronounced like this . Example: I am the owner of Blunderbuss Hotel, Bruno!

2 You:

You are Shorty. You is a pronoun used to refer to the person or people being spoken to. Example: I am a woman and you are a man.

3 She:

She is Magda. Use she when you are talking about a woman, or he when you are talking about a man. Example: she is English and he is American.

Exercise 2

Complete the table with the correct personal pronouns.

SingularPlural
1st person learn learn
2nd person learn learn
3rd person♀ / ♂He / learns learn

Complete the table with the correct personal pronouns.

SingularPlural
1st personI 1 learnWe 2 learn
2nd personYou 3 learnYou 4 learn
3rd person♀She 5 / ♂He / It 6 learnsThey 7 learn
1 I:

I learn Subject personal pronouns. Use this pronoun to refer to yourself. Example: I live in London. 

2 We:

We learn Subject personal pronouns. Use we to refer to yourself and one or more other people. Example: we have a family meal together every week. 

3 You:

You learn Subject personal pronouns. We use you when speaking directly to one or more people. Example: you live there.

4 You:

You learn Subject personal pronouns.  Note that we use you when speaking formally or informally. Example: you play piano.

5 She:

She learns Subject personal pronouns. Example: she knows your mum. 

6 It:

It learns Subject personal pronouns. Example: Clever computer! It learns how to do our jobs!

7 They:

They learn Subject personal pronouns. We use they to refer to other people. Example: they are playing football.

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