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Let us learn more about them.
                  1.  Personal pronouns: They refer to a specific person, object or group of things.
                     I, we, her, them, us, it and she are personal pronouns.

                     There are three kinds of personal pronouns.
                     •  first person (the person who is speaking): I, we, me, us
                     •  second person (the person being spoken to): you
                     •  third person (the person being spoken about): he, she, it, they, him, her, them

                  A personal pronoun can be used as a subject or as an object in a sentence. Study this
                  table to understand the use of personal pronouns.


                                                                            Personal pronouns
                                               Person
                                                                       Subject                 Object
                                         first person            I                       me

                                         second person           you                     you

                     Singular                                    he                      him
                                         third person            she                     her

                                                                 it                      it
                                         first person            we                      us


                     Plural              second person           you                     you
                                         third person            they                    them


                  2.  Demonstrative pronouns: They help to point at something or someone.
                     For example,
                     •  This is my pen.

                     •  That is a lost umbrella.
                     •  These are your books.
                     •  Those are students of this school.
                     We use
                     ♦   this to point at a person or a thing that is near us.

                     ♦   that to point at a person or a thing that is far from us.
                     ♦   these to point at people or things that are near us.

                     ♦   those to point at people or things that are far from us.

                  3. Possessive pronouns: They show ownership to someone or something.
                     For example,
                     •  This pen is mine. That one is yours.
                     •  This bike is hers. This one is his.


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