English grammar · lesson 3 of 30 · free

Pronouns — English grammar for kids

A pronoun takes the place of a noun so we do not repeat names: “Meera loves sports. She plays cricket.” Each pronoun has different forms — he, him, his — and the job it does in the sentence tells you which one to use.

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The grammar rule

Doer, receiver, owner — “the place of the pronoun in the sentence decides its form”

  1. Before the verb (the doer): I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
  2. After a verb or after with/to/for (the receiver): me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
  3. Before a noun, to show the owner: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. With no noun after it: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

Use it for: Writing stories and letters without repeating names, and answering “replace the noun with a pronoun” questions.

Worked example: Meera loves sports. ___ plays cricket every evening. → She

  1. The pronoun stands for Meera, so it comes from the family she / her / her / hers.
  2. It comes before the verb “plays”, so we need the doer form: She.

Check: Meera loves sports. She plays cricket every evening — “Her plays” and “Herself plays” sound wrong ✓

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