Grammar - Personal Pronouns as Subjects and Objects

Compiled from Grammar Builder Book 3

The rules are:

1. Pronouns are used replace of a noun so that we do not have to repeat the noun.

Ø       The new oven is small and compact. It has many features too.

2. Singular pronouns replace singular nouns and plural nouns replace plural nouns.

Ø      The air stewardess (singular subject) smiled at me. She then served me some coffee.

Ø      Eric and Annie (plural subject) were busy. They were painting their house.

3. Pronouns used as the subject of a sentence must exist in the subjective form. Similarly, pronouns used as the object of the sentence must exist in the objective form.

Ø      We (subject) searched high and low (= everywhere) for it (object).

Ø      Gina told us (object) what happened.

Ø      He (subject) bought me a beautiful watch.

Compiled from Grammar Builder Book 3