1. What are Personal Pronouns?

• Personal pronouns are words that replace nouns (the names of people, animals, things, or places) in a sentence to avoid repetition.
• Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them

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2. Why Replace Nouns with Pronouns?

• To make sentences clearer and less repetitive.
• Example:
  Instead of saying, “John is playing. John loves soccer,” you can say, “John is playing. He loves soccer.”

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3. Types of Personal Pronouns

Subject Pronouns	Object Pronouns
I	me
you	you
he	him
she	her
it	it
we	us
they	them

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4. How to Replace Nouns with Pronouns

• Look at the noun in the sentence and choose the correct personal pronoun based on who or what the noun refers to.

Examples:

1. Replace a Person (Male)

• John is running.
• Replace “John” with “he”: He is running.

1. Replace a Person (Female)

• Mary likes ice cream.
• Replace “Mary” with “she”: She likes ice cream.

1. Replace Multiple People

• Anna and Tom are playing.
• Replace “Anna and Tom” with “they”: They are playing.

1. Replace an Object or Animal

• The dog is barking.
• Replace “The dog” with “it”: It is barking.

1. Replace a Group (Including Yourself)

• My friends and I are going to the park.
• Replace “My friends and I” with “we”: We are going to the park.

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5. Practice Exercises

• Have students rewrite sentences by replacing the nouns with the correct personal pronouns.

Example:

• Sarah and I went to the store.
• Replace with: We went to the store.

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