SUBJECT

AND
OBJECT
PRONOUNS
B U T F I R S T…

W H AT A R E
PRONOUNS?
WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

• It is a word or phrase that is used as a substitution for

a noun or noun phrase
• It can act as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of
the preposition, and more and takes the place of any person,
place, animal or thing
She is a student.
They watched movies yesterday.
T H E N , W H AT A R E
SUBJECT AND
OBJECT
PRONOUNS?
 SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
SUBJECT PRONOUNS

• It is a type of personal pronoun that takes the place of a noun as the

subject of a sentence.
• It is the doer of the subject.

I,YOU, SHE, HE, IT, THEY, WE

They eat a lot of vegetables.

He is very tall.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
EXAMPLE
Sheila is a university student.
She reads books everyday.

She is a subject pronoun. It

replaces Sheila.
LET’S FIND SOME SUBJECT PRONOUNS!
(AND ONLY THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS!)
1. Gwendolyn Brooks writes poems about
everyday life; she is very famous.
2. She was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew
up in Chicago.
3. In 1949, she wrote a poetry collection
called Annie Allen.
4. I have read the book and the poems
fascinate me.
 OBJECT
PRONOUNS
OBJECT PRONOUNS

• It is a type of personal pronoun that is used as an object, either as the

direct or indirect object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition.
• It is the receiver of the action.

ME,YOU, HIM, HER, IT, US,YOU,THEM

Emily wants to meet her.

Astra likes him.
OBJECT PRONOUNS EXAMPLE

The burning potato chip truck

amuses Olivia. The potatoes flying
everywhere amuse her, too.

Her is the object pronoun. Her

replaces Olivia.
LET’S FIND SOME OBJECT PRONOUNS!
(AND ONLY THE OBJECT PRONOUNS!)
1. Slang and rhythms of jazz and blues are
important to her.
2. The poet Langston Hughes gave her
literary advice.
3. Brooks taught poetry to student, she
was a role model for them.
4. Brooks’s poems fascinate me.
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS
VS
OBJECT PRONOUNS
• Take for example the following two sentences:

It is my favorite book.
I like to read it.

• In the first sentence, “it” functions as the subject pronoun. In the

second sentence, “it” functions as an object pronoun.
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS
VS
OBJECT PRONOUNS
• Take for example the following two sentences:

She is a wonderful person.

Emily wants to meet her.

• In the first example sentence, "she" is a subject pronoun. In the second

example, "her" seems to be talking about the same person, but is a
pronoun in a different case. In other words, it is an object pronoun.
REFERENCES

• https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/pronouns-2/subject-pronouns/
• https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/pronouns-2/object-pronouns/
• https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/pronouns/object-pronoun.html
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