Pronouns · Year 3
Pronouns are short words we use instead of a noun, so we don't repeat it: Mia is late. She missed the bus. English pronouns change their form with their job in the sentence: doing the action, receiving it, or showing who something belongs to.
Key facts
- Subject pronouns do the action, before the verb: I, you, he, she, it, we, they. She likes tea.
- Object pronouns come after a verb or a preposition: me, you, him, her, it, us, them. I can see him. Come with us.
- Possessive adjectives come before a noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. This is my bag.
- Possessive pronouns stand alone, with no noun after them: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. The bag is mine.
- Reflexive pronouns are for doing something to yourself: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves. He hurt himself.
- With another person, take the other person out to test it: Leo and I went home (I went home); Mum called Leo and me (Mum called me).