1. Personal Pronouns

These pronouns refer to people and so are called Personal Pronouns. However, the pronoun it is included in personal pronouns although it does not usually refer to a person. What then are personal pronouns? Personal pronouns are best explained by the table below:

	Singular		Plural
	Subject	Object	Subject	Object
First Person	I	Me	We	Us
Second Person	You	You	You	You
Third Person	He She It	Him Her It	They They They	Them Them Them

In the above table, Personal Pronouns stand for three persons: First Person; Second Person; Third Person.
There are two types of Personal Pronouns:
(1) those used as subjects;
(2) those used as objects.

The Personal Pronoun must be of the same Number, Gender and Person as the Noun for which it represents.

If the Noun is in the Singular Number, the Pronoun also must be in the Singular Number.

EXAMPLE: The boy is playing with his kite. He has a red kite.
EXAMPLE: The boys are playing with their kites. They have kites of various colours.

If the Noun is in the Feminine Gender, the Pronoun too must be in the Feminine Gender.

EXAMPLE: The girl is playing with her dog. She has a small dog.

EXAMPLE: John's sister likes to eat pizza. She eats it almost every day.

EXAMPLE: Jill has a boyfriend. He loves her very much.

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