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Activities: “What are English personal pronouns?”

By: Annie Lopes
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These activities are part of our English Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: Subject Pronouns

Let’s see how well you remember the by using them to label the images below!

(You, the speaker, are second from the left in the first image.)

Use the pronouns from the box below to fill-in the blank for each picture.

Word Bank

they

I

we

he

she

you

it

you all

  • A graphic of four people. on the left two people stand close together, speaking. One of those point towards the two standing on the right, where a feminine figure is circled. Beside her, a masculine figure is not circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is pointing to one of the people further away, who is circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the nearby people is circled, while the other points to him.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, both of the closer people are circled.

  • A rough graphic with five cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together in a conversation with a third person and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, the two of the people in the conversation are circled.

  • A clipart graphic of a present wrapped in blue paper with stars and a yellow bow.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is pointing to the two people who are further away, who are circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is circled as he points to himself.

Activity 2: Object Pronouns

Let’s see how well you remember the by using them to label the images below!

(The listener is the furthest to the left, and the speaker is the second from the left in the first image.)

Use the pronouns from the box below to fill-in the blank for each picture.

Word Bank

them

her

me

you

us

him

  • A graphic of four people. on the left two people stand close together, speaking. One of those point towards the two standing on the right, where a feminine figure is circled. Beside her, a masculine figure is not circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is pointing to one of the people further away, who is circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is pointing to the two people who are further away, who are circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the nearby people is circled, while the other points to him.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, both of the closer people are circled.

  • A rough graphic with four cartoonish people. On the left, two people stand close together and on the right two more people stand a little further away. In this drawing, one of the closer people is circled as he points to himself.

Activity 3: Check the pronouns

Is the pronoun correct? If it is wrong, type the correct version in the box. If it is correct, leave it blank.

  • We are at home right now.

  • Her is a secretary.

  • He is 47 years old.

  • They are lawyers.

  • Where are you from?

  • It is cold today, so them need coats.

  • Beth doesn't like it when me tell her what to do.

  • Do both of you have blue eyes?

  • When we hike we take the dog with we.

  • She sits next to he in class.

  • Look at this old photo of you and I*.

    Don’t forget the quick test you learned to help decide between using “I” or “me”: Remove the second person pronoun (“you”) and check if your sentence still makes sense!

Activity 4: Finish the email

Ready to really test your learning with personal pronouns? Here is an email someone is sending to their friend named Sam. Help them finish it by adding the correct pronouns in the blanks.

Use each pronoun only once!

they
I
we
he
she
you
it
you
us
her
him
it
you
them
you
me

Hi Sam,

How are ? am sending you an email to ask if want to go to the cinema for my birthday on Friday? The new movie is out, and my sister said was good! likes funny movies, so I know I can trust .

I also asked Andrew and Tom to go with , and said they can come. can all have dinner in the mall first at 5:00pm. I hope all like pizza. is my favorite.

Tom works on Friday, but will call after so I know he is ready. Andrew likes to drive his own car which means we don’t need to get . What time do you want me to pick up so we can meet all of ?

I hope you can come!

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