Pronoun Chart
Pronoun Type Definition Examples Notes
Subject Pronouns Used as the subject of a I, you, he, she, it, we, they Always come before the
sentence (doer of the action) verb (e.g., She eats.)
Object Pronouns Receive the action of the verb me, you, him, her, it, us, Often come after a verb or
them preposition (e.g., He saw
me.)
Reflexive Pronouns Refer back to the subject of the myself, yourself, himself, Use when subject = object
sentence herself, itself, ourselves, (I hurt myself.)
yourselves, themselves
Possessive Adjectives Show ownership and come my, your, his, her, its, our, Followed by a noun (my
before nouns their car, her book)
Possessive Pronouns Replace a noun that has already mine, yours, his, hers, its, Stand alone (That bag is
been mentioned ours, theirs mine.)
Relative Pronouns Connect a clause to a noun and who, whom, whose, which, Who = subject, whom =
give more information that object, whose =
possession
Indefinite Pronouns Refer to non-specific people or someone, nobody, Verb depends on whether
things everybody, each, neither, the pronoun is singular or
any, all plural