Introduction
A pronoun is one of the most important components of writing and speaking. Without them, we’d be cluttering up our language by repeating the names of things over and over again.
Task
A personal pronoun is a short word we use as a simple substitute for the proper name of a person. Each of the English personal pronouns shows us the grammatical person, gender, number, and case of the noun it replaces.
I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us, and them are all personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns are the stunt doubles of grammar; they stand in for the people (and perhaps animals) who star in our sentences. They allow us to speak and write with economy because they enable us to avoid repeating cumbersome proper nouns all the live-long day.
First-, Second-, and Third-Person Pronouns
A personal pronoun can be in one of three “persons.” A first-person pronoun refers to the speaker, a second-person pronoun refers to the person being spoken to, and a third-person pronoun refers to the person being spoken of. For each of these three grammatical persons, there is a plural as well.
Subject and Object Pronouns
Personal pronouns can be either subjective or objective in a sentence. Subject pronouns are said to be in the nominative case, whereas object pronouns are said to be in the objective case.
| Person | Nominative | Objective |
| First singular | I | me |
| Second singular | you | you |
| Third singular | he, she, it | him, her, it |
| First plural | we | us |
| Second plural | you | you |
| Third plural | they | them |
Process
To complete this Webquest you need to:
- Read the explanation of personal pronouns I have written in the "task" page and then check the website I've put for you, and write a definition of personal pronouns from what you've understand so far.
- Watch the video that I've given to you about personal pronouns then write 3 examples.
- Last but not least, select the response from the list that best completes the sentence. We will discuss the answers in Sundays class.
- Sara often put other people’s needs before her own. That’s why people loved (her / me) so much.
- Maryam and Frank always let us know when (he / they) were coming into town.
- I told Abdullah that (he / it) need to work harder to be successful.
Evaluation
At the end of this Webquest you are supposed to know what personal pronouns are and how to use them.