Replace a person or thing after a verb with the appropriate object pronoun.

The idea

Subject forms include I, he, she, we and they. Their object forms are me, him, her, us and them: She helps him. You and it keep the same form as subject and object. Object pronouns also follow prepositions, as in with us. Singular them can refer to one person.

Examples

  • Please call me tomorrow.
  • I can see you.
  • We know her.
  • She helps him at work.
  • I put it on the table.
  • They invited us and them.

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Watch out

Do not use a subject form in the object position: say Please call me, not Please call I. The pronoun depends on the person or thing referred to.

Try it yourself

  1. Maya is my friend. I know ___. (her / she)

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    her

    her is the object form referring to Maya.

  2. The book is on the table. I can see ___. (it / they)

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    it

    it can refer to one thing as the object.

  3. Leo and I are here. Please call ___. (us / we)

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    us

    us is the object form for a group including the speaker.

Use it today

Write a sentence about someone helping you and another about you calling a group that includes a friend. Use object pronouns.