Here is the completed table with the pronouns for each person in different forms:
Person | Subject Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Adjective | Possessive Pronoun | Reflexive Pronoun |
1st Person | I | me | my | mine | myself |
2nd Person | you | you | your | yours | yourself |
3rd Person (Male) | he | him | his | his | himself |
3rd Person (Female) | she | her | her | hers | herself |
3rd Person (Neutral) | it | it | its | its | itself |
1st Person (Plural) | we | us | our | ours | ourselves |
2nd Person (Plural) | you | you | your | yours | yourselves |
3rd Person (Plural) | they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
Here’s a short description of each column heading:
- Person: Refers to the grammatical perspective (first, second, third) and singular/plural forms.
- Subject Pronoun: The pronoun used as the subject of a sentence (e.g., I, you, he).
- Object Pronoun: The pronoun used as the object of a verb or preposition (e.g., me, you, him).
- Possessive Adjective: The pronoun used to show ownership, placed before a noun (e.g., my, your, his).
- Possessive Pronoun: The pronoun used to indicate ownership, replacing a noun (e.g., mine, yours, his).
- Reflexive Pronoun: The pronoun used when the subject and object are the same, ending in “-self” or “-selves” (e.g., myself, yourself, himself)
Here are brief descriptions of each column heading with examples:
- Subject Pronoun: This pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence.
- Example: I am happy. He is tall.
- Object Pronoun: This pronoun receives the action of the verb.
- Example: She gave me a gift. They saw him.
- Possessive Adjective: This pronoun shows ownership and modifies a noun.
- Example: My book is new. Their house is big.
- Possessive Pronoun: This pronoun shows ownership and stands alone without a noun.
- Example: That book is mine. The car is theirs.
- Reflexive Pronoun: This pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence.
- Example: I made it myself. They did it themselves.