Pronouns are an important part of speech. In fact, without pronouns the English
language would not work so well.
Perhaps, an easy way to understand a pronoun's job is to remember
that pronouns work for nouns. Pronouns are used in the place of
nouns.
For example, in the sentence "Len gave Luiza a banana."
we can change "Luiza" to her. So, we will write "Len gave her
a banana."
Pronouns not only take the place of nouns, but also take gender and
function (how they are used) from the nouns.
For example, because Luiza is female we use a female pronoun, her,
and not him. We also use her and not she because Luiza
is an object in the sentence. Len, of course, is the subject
in the sentence.
So, we could also write "He gave her a banana."
Below is a guide to the use of pronouns. Please note the gender and function.
SUBJECT
VERB
OBJECT
OBJECT
Len
brought
oranges
for the students.
Len
brought
them
for the students.
He
brought
them
for the students.
Luiza
ate
Maria's oranges.
Luiza
ate
her oranges.
She
ate
her oranges.
Luiza's boyfriend
kissed
her.
He
kissed
her.
Luiza
kissed
her boyfriend.
She
kissed
him.
IMPORTANT: You should always use the OBJECT form of a pronoun after a preposition.
For example, write "Len brought oranges for them." Do not write
"Len brought oranges for they."
Here are some more examples.
[] Haruhisa loves Latina girls because they make churrasco for him.
Do not write "for he".
[] Gabriela gave the money to Vitor so he could buy a present for her.
Do not write "for she".
She
stole
stole
it.
Len's book.
He
is dancing
is dancing
with her.
with Luiza.
He
is kissing
is kissing
them.
Luiza and Gabriela.
She
ran away
ran away
from him.
from
He
hugged
hugged
him.
She
is singing
is singing
with her.
with
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Substitute a pronoun for the underlined nouns.
Answer each question by clicking on the appropriate words.
IMPORTANT: You should always use the OBJECT form of a pronoun after a preposition.
