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!

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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

Person	Singular		Plural
Person	Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns	Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns
First Person	I	Me	We	Us
Second Person	You	You	You	You
Third Person	He She They It	Him Her Them It	They	Them

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.

	Subject	Object	Possessive	Reflexive
Singular	I	me	mine	myself
Plural	we	us	ours	ourselves

Second-person pronouns

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

	Subject	Object	Possessive	Reflexive
Singular	you	you	yours	yourself
Plural	you	you	yours	yourselves

Third-person pronouns

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

Category	Singular/Plural	Subject	Object	Possessive	Reflexive
Masculine	Singular	he	him	his	himself
Feminine	Singular	she	her	hers	herself
Neuter	Singular	it	it	its	itself
Gender-neutral	Singular	they	them	theirs	themselves
Plural	Plural	they	them	theirs	themselves

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.

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
He	Him	His	Himself

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

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
She	Her	Her	Herself

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

Subject Pronouns	Object Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
I	Me	Her	Herself
You	You	Yours	Yourself
It	It	Mine	Myself
We	Us	Us	Ourselves
They	Them	Theirs	Themselves

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

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
It	It	It	Itself

Did you notice? Only third-person singular pronouns indicate gender, while Plural Pronouns are always gender-neutral

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)

Personal 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?