Personal pronouns (Object pronouns)

Personal pronouns in the object case are used as the object of the sentence.

Singular	Plural
me - мене, мені you - тебе, тобі him - його, йому her - її, їй it - його, її, йому, їй	us - нас, нам you - вас, вам them - їх, їм

There is Joe!  Can you see him?

My wife is repairing the roof.  I’m helping her.

Those people are very nice.  I like them.

Object pronouns are used after the verb (e.g. see, help, like) and after the preposition (e.g. with, for, at).

Exercise 1

Answer the questions. Use.

I

like don’t like

him / her / it them

Example: How do you feel about tennis?

I like it. or I don’t like it.

How do you feel about ____________ ?

- Madonna I like ____________ . or I don’t like ______________ .

• discos

• jazz

• Tom Cruise

• pizzas

Exercise 2

Complete the pen letter. Add me, you, him, her, it, us or them.

Dear Tommy,

I’m 16 years old. That’s _____________ in the photo. I’m a student at Manchester College. I live at home with my family. I’ve live got one brother and one sister. My sister’s name is Tina. She’s very nice. Everyone likes _____________ . My brother’s name is Dennis. He’s sometimes horrible, but I like ________________________ . My grandmother also lives at home with ______________ . I’m interested in music. I play the guitar, but I can’t play ___________ very well. My favourite group at the moment are U2. I like __________ very much. What about __________? What kind of music do you like? Please write to _____________ again soon.

My best wishes,

Mike

Exercise 3

Replace the italicized nouns by the personal pronouns.

Example: The girls are playing tennis. – They are playing tennis.

1. I saw the girls in the park. 2. Put the books on the shelf. 3. The books are on the shelf. 4. We have seen the film. 5. The film is very interesting. 6. My sister went to the post office. 7. I am waiting for my sister. 8. We listened to the teacher with great interest. 9. The teacher explains a new grammar rule.

Review of personal pronouns

Exercise 1

Complete the table.

Singular

I

me _______

you ______ your _______

______ him ______ _______

______ ______ ______ hers

it ______ ______ _______

Plural

we ______ ______ _______

______ you ______ _______

______ ______ their _______

Exercise 2

Fill in possible pronouns from the table above.

1. That’s __________________ name.

2. Those books are ______________ .

3. ____________________ can swim.

4. Maria likes __________________ .

Exercise 3

Add the words from the table.

1. Who’s that girl? ________________ name is Jenny.

2. My office isn’t big. ____________’s quite small.

3. Look! There’s Mike. Can you see _____________ ?

4. I’ve got my key, but Peter hasn’t got __________ .

5. Emily is nice. We all like ___________________ .

6. That isn’t Diana’s house. _______________ is next door.

7. Tony isn’t here. _____________’s at work.

8. My friend and I haven’t got a map with ____________ .

9. Hello. My name is Frank. What’s ________________ ?

10. Look. The dog isn’t eating _______________ food.

11. I’ve got a problem. Can you help ________________ ?

12. That’s Rosie. ___________________’s Australian.

13. Those people have got their suitcase, but we haven’t got _____________ .

14. Is this your coat. – No, it isn’t __________________ .

15. Tom and _______________ wife have got two children.