Personal pronouns

I will touch on Personal Pronouns today where it is used to represent specific people or things. We use them depending on:

• number: singular (eg: I) or plural (eg: we)
• person: 1st person (eg: I), 2nd person (eg: you) or 3rd person (eg: he)
• gender: male (eg: he), female (eg: she) or neuter (eg: it)
• case: subject (eg: we) or object (eg: us)

We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about. My name is Josef but when I am talking about myself I almost always use "I" or "me", not "Josef". When I am talking direct to you, I almost always use "you", not your name. When I am talking about another person, say John, I may start with "John" but then use "he" or "him". And so on. Use this table for reference.

Person	First Person		Second Person			Third Person
Number	Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Subject	I	we		you	you	he, she, it	they
Object	me	us		you	you	him, her , it	them

Exercise on Personal pronouns

Complete Firdaus’s diary with I, we, you, she, he, it or they.

Manesh, Suha, Nora and I went jungle trekking with our Scout’s master today. (1) ________ went into the jungle near our town. The scout’s master led the way. (2) ______ told us to be careful. (3) ______followed closely behind him. Suha and Nora were abit afraid. (4) __________ did not like being in the jungle, so manesh said (5) _______ would walk behind the girls. Suha said, (6) “______ are very brave, Manesh”.

However, Nora said that, (7) _______ and Suha would be fine. (8) _______ thought Manesh would be happier walking with me. (9) _____ took a first aid kit with me. The scout master said that (10) ______ may need (11) _______ if (12) _________ got hurt.