Pronouns

Case forms

Nominative Objective

I Me

We Us

He Him

She Her

They Them

Who Whom

Nominative Case Form

A. Pronoun (the subject of a verb)1. We should have a cellular phone.2. I will go there.3. He worked really very hard.4. She wept over her failure.5. They are in agreement with our proposal.6. The contractor and he will look over the plans.7. We surveyors were not in complete

agreement.8. He and I will go there.

Pronouns preceded by than or as

1. Kashif is as tall as I.

2. No employee could be more conscientious than he.

Pronoun used as a subject complement

1. It is he who first raised the question.

2. We found ourselves wishing that we were they.

3. It may be she who is causing the trouble.

Pronoun as an apposite

1. The two survivors, Nasir and I, were questioned by the press.

2. The only dissenters were my fellow employees, you and he.

Objective case forms

Pronoun as direct object of verb.

• Several of our members congratulated him.

• A committee of five selected us.

• He questioned Mr. Ali and me about the matter.

Indirect object1. We gave him an unusually large order.2. Ali gave him a kick on the ankle.

Direct object of preposition1. Mr. Jafar gave copies to Ali and me.2. Mr. Omer talked with him about the

paper.

Possessive adjective Possessive without nouns

my mine

your yours

his his

her hers

its -

our ours

their theirs