Personal pronouns 📕

Pronouns replace a noun, so we do not have to repeat it. English has two forms: one for the subject and one for the object.

Subject: before the verb

The subject is the person or thing that does the action.

She works in a shop.

We live in Drammen.

Object: after the verb or a preposition

Can you help me?

I called him yesterday.

This present is for them.

Always a capital I

I is always written with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.

Yesterday I went to the cinema.

They for one person

We can use they about one person when we do not know if the person is a man or a woman, or when the person prefers it.

Someone called. They left a message.

It in English

It is used for things and animals. We do not use he or she about things.

✗ I bought a new table. He is big.

✓ I bought a new table. It is big.

✗ Me and my sister like football.

✓ My sister and I like football.