Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns, and Reflexive Pronouns - easy guide with example and practices

Understanding subject pronouns, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns is essential for speaking and writing correct English. These pronouns replace nouns, avoid repetition, and make sentences clearer and more natural. In this post, you will exploring and practicing as follows. 

Table of Content

1. Subject Pronouns
2. Object Pronouns
3. Reflexive Pronouns
4. Practices

Subject Pronouns (Definition and Examples)

What Is a Subject Pronoun?

A subject pronoun refer to the pronoun that we use as a subject that does an action. A subject pronoun can be a person, an animal or a thing.  Subject pronoun is basically used before a verb in a positive sentence. SUB + VERB + OBJ.

List of Subject Pronouns

• I _ I always exercise 30 minutes every morning.
• You _ You speak English very fluently.
• We _ We often go fishing on the weekend.
• They _ They played soccer yesterday.
• He _ He went to the movie last week.
• She _ She waters the plants two times a day.
• It _ It barks very loudly.

Object Pronouns (Definition and Examples)

What Is an Object Pronoun?

An objective pronoun refers to the the pronoun that we used after a verb and it receives the action from the subject. Here is a list of objection pronouns. Sub + Verb + Object Pronoun.

• Me - She likes me.
• You - We need you to do it.
• Us - They want to meet us.
• Them - I want to play with them.
• Her - He loves her.
• Him - She loves him.
• It - I hate it.

✏️ Exercise 1: Choose the correct pronoun

• (She / Her) is my sister.
• Tom called (I / me) yesterday.
• (They / Them) are playing outside.
• Please give (he / him) the book.
• (We / Us) like English.

✏️ Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks

• ________ am a student.
• The teacher helped ________.
• ________ are my best friends.
• She invited ________ to the party.
• The dog followed ________.

🔁 Exercise 3: Rewrite using pronouns

Anna loves John.
→ ________ loves ________.
The teacher called the students.
→ The teacher called ________.
My parents help my brother and me.
→ My parents help ________.

🌟 Bonus: Circle the correct answer

• He / Him is very kind.
• Can you see they / them?
• We / Us are ready to go.

Reflexive Pronouns (Definition and Examples)

What Is a Reflexive Pronoun?
A reflexive pronoun is used when the subject and object are the same person or thing.

List of Reflexive Pronouns

• I - myself
• You - yourself
• We - ourselves
• They - themselves
• He - himself
• She - herself
• It - itself

Examples

• I do it my self.
• You try it yourself.
• We go their by themselves.
• They moved the table themselves.
• He drives himself to work.
• She teaches herself to learn a new language. 

✏️ Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks

(myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)

1. I cut ________ while cooking.
2. She taught ________ how to play the piano.
3. The cat cleaned ________ after eating.
4. We enjoyed ________ at the party.
5. He hurt ________ during the game.
6. Please help ________ to some food.
7. They blamed ________ for the mistake.
8. The children dressed ________.

✅ Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer

1. She looked at (herself / her) in the mirror.
2. I did the homework by (myself / me).
3. The baby can feed (itself / itselfs).
4. We prepared (ourselves / us) for the exam.
5. He introduced (himself / him) to the class.

🔁 Exercise 3: Rewrite using a reflexive pronoun

He fixed the bike alone.
→ He fixed the bike ________.
I learned English without help.
→ I learned English ________.
She hurt her body while running.
→ She hurt ________ while running.
They enjoyed the party very much.
→ They enjoyed ________ at the party.