1. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. It can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.
Alexis is a great friend. She is so funny!
She is the pronoun. This pronoun refers to Alexis, which is a noun.
Alexis read her jokes to the class.
Her is the pronoun. This pronoun refers to Alexis, which is a noun.

2. Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns refer to a person or people.
The noun or pronoun being referred to is called the antecedent.
Alexis is a great friend. She is so funny!
The pronoun, she, is referring to Alexis. So, Alexis is the antecedent.
Alexis read her jokes to the class.
The pronoun, her, is referring to Alexis. So, Alexis is the antecedent.

3. Personal Pronouns There are three types of personal pronouns:
Subject Pronouns
A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence.
Object Pronouns
An object pronoun is used as a direct object, indirect object, or as the object of the preposition.
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun is used to show ownership.

4. Subject Pronouns
Subject pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence.
They compete hard against each other.
They is the pronoun and it is being used as the subject.
Charlene and I play on different teams.
Charlene and I are the subjects. I is a pronoun.
We stay friends no matter what.
We is the pronoun being used as the subject.

5. Subject Pronouns There are singular and plural subject nouns:
Singular: I, you, he, she, it
Plural: we, you, they

6. Object Pronouns
Object Pronouns are used as direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of the preposition.
Animal stories fascinate her.
Her is the pronoun. Fascinate whom? Her. Her is being used as the Direct Object.
People gave him a hero’s welcome.
Him is the pronoun. Gave a welcome to whom? Him. Him is being used as the Indirect Object.
We’d like to hear more about him.
Him is the pronoun. About him is a prepositional phrase and him is the Object of the preposition.

7. Object Pronouns There are singular and plural object pronouns:
Singular: me, you, him, her, it
Plural: us, you, them

8. Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronouns are used to show ownership of something.
Some of my best friends live in other countries.
My shows ownership of the friends.
All our communication is by .
Our shows ownership of the communication.
Even their old computers are on-line now.
Their shows ownership of the computers.
The blue mouse pad is theirs.
Theirs shows ownership of the mouse pad.

9. Possessive Pronouns There are singular and plural possessive pronouns:
Singular: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its
Plural: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs