Personal Pronouns | Definition, usage, List and Worksheet

Do you know the savior of content, from being monotonous or repetitive? You do! These are PERSONAL PRONOUNS. Generally, Pronouns serve this purpose. They replace the nouns in the text, being the “subject” of the sentence. Whereas, personal pronouns replace the proper nouns. Learning What is a personal pronoun, the Usage of Personal Pronouns, the Personal Pronouns List and Exercise play a key role to excel in Grammar. Let’s start!

What Are Personal Pronouns?

Short words use to replace Proper Nouns in the content to avoid their repetition. It saves the content from being wordy, monotonous, and repetitive.

Definition of a Personal Pronoun:

Pronoun Definition: “These are words like “I”, “he”, “she”, “you”, “they”, and “it” that direct to the proper noun in the context.”

Personal Pronoun Examples:

Following are the examples of Personal Pronouns.

• I
• Me
• You
• We
• Us
• He
• Him
• She
• He
• They
• Them
• It

Personal Pronoun Example Sentences:

These are the personal pronouns Sentences.

• I am going to the market to buy clothes.
• She is going to university.
• He is completing his assignment.
• She is baking a cake.
• They are going to picnic.

Types of Personal Pronouns:

These are:

• First-person pronoun
• Second-person pronoun
• Third-person pronouns

They are used in two forms:

• Singular Personal Pronouns
• Plural Personal Pronouns

Correct Usage of Personal Pronouns:

There are Four factors to ensure the correct use. These are:

• Person (first, second, or third)
• Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter, or epicene)
• Number (singular or plural)
• Case (subject, object, possessive, or reflexive)

Person

The Personal pronoun is named as it indicates an individual.

First-person pronouns

• It refers to the author, the person who is speaking or writing.

Second-person pronouns

These refer to the person, the writer or speaker is talking about.

Third-person pronouns

The third-person pronoun can refer to any other individual or thing.

Number

There are singular and plural personal pronouns based on the number of individuals or things it refers to.

• Singular pronoun: It involves only one individual or thing.
• Plural pronoun: It involves two or more individuals or things.

Gender

Here is the right way to choose, based on gender.

Masculine pronouns refer to men and boys. These are pronouns for male gender or pronouns for a man. Below is the male pronouns list.

Feminine pronouns indicate females, women, and girls. Here is a female pronouns list.

Gender-neutral pronouns are used when you aren’t sure about the gender, or it is not required to specify gender in context.

Neuter pronouns describe non-human things like animals, places objects, and concepts.

Case

It is the role pronouns play in sentences. It can be:

• Subject pronouns (person or thing that performs the action)
• Object pronouns (Person or thing on which action is performed.)
• Possessive pronouns (Indicates the ownership)
• Reflexive pronouns (Pronouns used in the place of object pronouns)

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Personal Pronouns List:

Here is the list of personal pronouns in English.

First-Person Singular:

• I
• Me
• My
• Mine
• Myself

Second-Person Singular:

• You
• Your
• Yours
• Yourself

Third-Person Singular Masculine:

• He
• Him
• His
• Himself

The Third-Person Singular Feminine:

• He
• Her
• Herself

Third-Person Singular Neutral:

• It
• Its
• Itself

First-Person Plural:

• We
• Us
• Our
• Ours
• Ourselves

Second-Person Plural:

• You
• Your
• Yours
• Yourselves

Third-Person Plural:

• They
• Them
• Their
• Theirs
• Themselves

Personal Pronouns Worksheet:

Solve these personal pronouns exercises. This is a Personal Pronoun Quiz for the above text. After exploring the above content, try to write 20 examples of personal pronouns in a sentence, from the above.

1- Which type of Personal Pronoun refers to Collective Nouns?

1. Singular Personal Pronoun
2. Plural Personal Pronoun
3. Both Singular and Plural Personal Pronouns
4. None of these

Correct Answer: Singular Personal Pronoun

2- Which of the following displays gender?

1. Only Third-Person Singular Pronouns
2. First and Second-Person Pronouns
3. All Types of Personal Pronoun
4. None of these

Correct Answer: only third-person singular pronouns

3- Plural Pronouns are always ——–.

1. Gender-neutral
2. Gender-specific
3. Can be both
4. None of these

Correct Answer: Gender-neutral

4- Which one is the neuter pronoun?

1. It
2. He
3. She
4. They

Correct Answer: It

5- Which one is a third-person plural pronoun?

1. It
2. He
3. She
4. They

Correct Answer: They

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