A pronoun is a word used in place of another noun. That is another word for a noun.

Look at this picture and learn the subjective forms.
They are used as the subject of a verb.

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PRONOUNS – subjective forms

Person	Singular	Plural
1st person	I	We
2nd person	You	You
3rd person	He/She/It	They

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Look at this picture and learn how to use the third person forms of pronouns.

Noun	Pronoun	Noun	Pronoun
A man	He	Two boys	They
A woman	She	Three girls	They
A baby	It	Two babies	They
A dog	It	Four birds	They
A car	It	Five willow trees	They
		Some children	They = (He + She)

‘There is a / an.…………’ and ‘There are……….’ denote existence of people, animals and things. When we want to introduce them for the first time, we begin our sentences with ‘There is a / an ……….’ for singular and ‘There are two / three / some etc., etc., …….’ for plural.

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Now, read these sentences and look at the picture given above. Then, read the picture without looking at the sentences.

There is a man in the bathroom. He is bathing.
There is a woman in the kitchen. She is cooking.
There is a baby in the bedroom. It is crying.
There is a dog at the gate. It is barking.
There is a car in the garage. It is very old.
There are two babies in the pram. They are twins.
There are three girls in the living room. They are watching TV.
There are four birds in front of the garage. They are eating something.
There are five willow trees behind the house. They are very tall.
There are some children on the road. They are going for a walk.

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Now, look at the picture given below and learn the objective forms.

The objective form forms are used as the object of a verb or as the object of a preposition.

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There are six forms for each pronoun. They are

1. Subjective
2. Objective
3. Possessive adjective
4. Possessive pronoun
5. Reflexive
6. Emphatic (subjective and objective)

First person singular forms are given below.

1	2	3	4	5	6
I	Me	My	Mine	Myself	Myself

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Look at the following pictures and learn how to use all the above forms.

        
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    (2)                           (2)         (3)             (4)

  
     (5)                                   (5)

  
          (6)                                    (6)

(1) I am Tim.
(2) He hit me on the forehead.
(2) Now, you are looking at me.
(3) That is my bag.
(4) These books are mine.
(5) I am hitting myself for not hitting him back.
(5) Now, I am looking at myself in the mirror and blaming myself.
(6) I myself dressed my wound.(= I dress my wound myself.)
(6) Tomorrow, I will complain this to the principal himself and
    not to my class teacher.

N.B.: Reflexive and Emphatic forms are the same in form.

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Look at the following grid and fill in the blanks using the relevant forms of pronouns.

Subjective	Objective	Possessive Adj.	Possessive Pro.	Reflexive/Emph.
I
We
You
You
He
She
It
They

Answers:

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Replace the words underlined with correct forms of pronouns.

1. Tom gave Mary Mary’s book.
2. Tom, Dick and Harry visited Jane yesterday.
3. Our dog bit my little brother this morning.
4. My father and I told our uncle about our tour to Sri Lanka.
5. My uncle gave my brother and me a lot of storybooks.