Pronouns

Subject and object pronouns and possessive adjectives

Pronouns are words that can be used in place of nouns.

• My wife is a doctor. She is here today. (She = my wife)
• The game is fun, and it is easy to play. (it = the game)
  she, it = subject pronouns

• Do you like beer?
• Yes, I like it. (= beer)
  it = object pronoun

Possessive adjectives indicate who something belongs to and are used with nouns.

• This is my book.
• Her job is difficult.

Subject pronoun	Object pronoun	Possessive adjective
I	me	my
you	you	your
he	him	his
she	her	her
it	it	its
we	us	our
you	you	your
they	them	their

• John lives in Tokyo. This is a photo of him and this is his house.
• Look at the children! They've got their clothes all dirty!
• Can you let me use your car at the weekend?