A pronoun takes the place of a noun so we do not repeat the same word again and again.
Sara lost her keys, so she asked her brother to help her look for them.
Kinds of pronoun
- Subject: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Object: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
- Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
Subject or object?
Use a subject pronoun before the verb (“They arrived”) and an object pronoun after the verb or a preposition (“Give it to them”).
Reflexive pronouns
Use a reflexive pronoun when the doer and the receiver are the same person: “He hurt himself.”