English Pronouns can be divided into several categories: personal, indefinite, reflexive, reciprocal, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, reciprocal and relative.

We briefly discussed some of the different words that are classed as pronouns, however there are also different types of pronoun. Most often, pronouns fall into one of nine categories. We will now take a look at each of these.

Personal Pronouns

This type of pronoun is used to refer to a person, in this category you will see words such as I, we, you, they, he, she, …

• I have green eyes.
• They are coming to my house.
• You are my friend.

There are two types of personal pronouns: subject and object.

When the person or thing is the subject of the sentence, subject pronouns are used.

Subject pronoun list: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

Subject pronoun examples:

• I like to watch TV, but he does not.
• You cannot judge a tree by its bark.
• She struck him on the nose.
• He studies hard to pass the exam.

Object pronouns are used when the person or thing is the object of the sentence.

Object pronoun list: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them.

Examples:

• Sophia likes me but not him.
• John will call you soon.
• Dont tell her the truth.
• I helped him pull his boots off.