Pronouns

• Identify pronouns as words that replace nouns.
• Use personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) correctly as subject/object.
• Use possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) and possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, our, their).

1. A pronoun replaces a noun to avoid repetition (e.g. "Riya is happy. She is happy.")
2. Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they — used as the doer of the action.
3. Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them — used as the receiver of the action.
4. Possessive pronouns stand alone (This book is mine); possessive adjectives go before a noun (This is my book).

Rewrite: "Sam and I went to Sam and I's house" using correct pronouns.

"Sam and I went to our house."
(Use the possessive adjective "our", not "Sam and I's".)

• Using object pronouns as subjects ("Me and him went" should be "He and I went").
• Confusing "its" (possessive) with "it's" (it is).

• Replace "Ravi" with a pronoun in: "Ravi plays cricket."
• Is "hers" a possessive pronoun or a possessive adjective?

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Pronouns.