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Personal Pronoun Examples

Jack eats sandwiches.

Aim: You want to make a personal pronoun for Jack.

1. Is Jack singular or plural?

2. Is Jack in the subjective, objective or possessive case within the sentence?

3. Is the noun in the first, second or third person?

4. If it was third person singular: is Jack male, female or neutral?

Answers

1. Jack is singular: there is only one Jack.

2. Jack is subjective case: Jack is being used before the verb.

3. The noun is third person: Jack is not ‘I’ ‘we’ or ‘you’.

4. Jack is a male.

He eats sandwiches

Therefore the correct pronoun is ‘he’. The sentence reads:

Lisa eats sandwiches.

Aim: You want to make a personal pronoun for sandwiches.

1. Are sandwiches singular or plural?

2. Are sandwiches in the subjective, objective or possessive case within the sentence?

3. Is the noun in the first, second or third person?

4. If it was third person singular: are sandwiches male, female or neutral?

Answers

1. Sandwiches are plural: there are more than one.

2. Sandwiches are objective case: sandwiches are being used after the verb.

3. The noun is third person: Lisa is not ‘I’ ‘we’ or ‘you’.

4. Not third person singular, gender doesn’t matter.

Lisa eats them.

Therefore the correct pronoun is ‘them’. The sentence reads:

Lisa eats her apple.

Aim: You want to make a person pronoun for ‘her apple’.

1. Is her apple singular or plural?

2. Is her apple in the subjective, objective or possessive case within the sentence?

3. Is the noun in the first, second or third person?

4. If it was third person singular AND POSSESSIVE: is the owner of ‘her apple’ male, female or neutral?

Answers

1. Her apple is singular: there is only one apple.

2. Her apple is possessive: ‘her’ indicates ownership by Lisa.

3. The noun is third person: her apple is not ‘I’ ‘we’ or ‘you’.

4. Third person singular and possessive, gender matters: the owner of the apple is female.

Lisa eats hers.

Therefore the correct pronoun is ‘hers’. The sentence reads:

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