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Read these sentences.

y I kicked the ball.

y She baked a cake.

y He scored a goal for the team.

y We had coffee at a restaurant.

y She plays tennis every Sunday.

y They played football.

In these sentences, the highlighted pronouns are the subjects.

Pronouns that are the subject of a sentence are called subject pronouns.
They usually come at the beginning of a sentence.

Now, read these sentences and pay attention to the highlighted words.

y Sushil met me at the mall.

y Jayant met him.

y I bought it from this shop.
y I spoke to them.

y Rati will meet you at the mall.

y He met us at the mall.

In these sentences, the highlighted words are also pronouns. They receive the action of
the subject in the sentence.

Pronouns that receive the action of the subject are called object pronouns.
They usually come after the verb in a sentence.

Let’s Play

To practise subject and object pronouns, get into pairs. Ask your partner about
people, places and things using questions like, ‘What do you think of...?’.

For example, ‘What do you think of Neeraj Chopra?’
Your partner should reply using subject and object pronouns. For example,

‘I like him. He is a really good javelin thrower.’

Next, your partner will ask questions about someone or something and you will
answer using subject and object pronouns.

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