Five types of personal pronouns are there as follows :-
- Subject form ( I, We, You, He, She, it, They
- Used before Auxiliary Verbs / Finite Verbs in
the beginning of a sentence.
Eg : ……….. are questioned by the police.
( his, him, they, them)
- Used after ‘than’ in a sentence.
Eg : My friend is better than ………….
( me, him, her, he )
- Object form (me, us, you, him, her, it, them )
- Used after verbs.
Eg : They called ……….. ( I, she, me, his )
- Used after prepositions.
Eg : He sent the letter to ……… (she, his, her, their )
- Possessive Adjective form (my, our, your, their, its )
- Used before nouns.
Eg : ……….. father presented me a gift (he, him, my, them )
- Used before Gerunds ( V + ing )
Eg : They did not notice …….. staying there
(I, me, mine, my)
- Possessive Pronoun forms (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, theirs)
- Used before Auxiliary Verbs or Finite Verbs
in the beginning of a sentence.
Eg: …….. is a good pen (he, him, mine, you)
- Used after than.
Eg: His car is costlier than ……….. (my, our, your, ours)
- Used after prepositions – especially ‘of’
Eg : I have met a friend of …….. yesterday
(my, our, your, ours)
- Reflexive / Emphatic Pronouns
(myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself
themselves, itself)
- Used after the subject of a sentence.
Eg: He …….. finished the whole work (him, his, himself, herself)
All of you ……… should do the homework
( yourself, himself, they, yourselves, she )
- Used after a verb or object of a sentence.
Eg: They blamed ……… (himself, herself, themselves, themselves )
Love ……… first ( they, my, yourself )
He cooked the pizza …………. (herself, they, himself, yourself )
Exceptional rule.
If a blank comes in between a preposition and a gerund, then
Possessive adjective form of pronouns should be used.
Eg: She was pleased with …….. staying at her home.
(hers, them, him, our)