Object Pronouns

Object Pronouns

We use the object pronouns in most situations when the pronoun is not the subject of a verb.  
1: We use them for the object of a verb.

• John knows me.
• Amanda kissed you.
• The dog licked him.
• David hugged her.

 Object pronouns are those pronouns that receive the action in a sentence  

INCORRECT: I give they cookies every week. 
CORRECT: I give them cookies every week.

Object Pronoun Examples

1. Bob took her to work Monday.
2. Will you please tell them to come in?
3. He told you a lie about where he was Saturday.
4. Our grandparents gave us candy and our teeth are just fine.

As you can see, it's easy to use object pronouns, Here you have some tips to remember when you have to use object pronouns:
 

1: We use them for the object of a verb.

• The teacher dropped it.
• The children love us.
• Luke helped them.

2: We use them after a preposition (including after phrasal verbs).

• It's important to me.
• Can the children come with you?
• Look at her!
• The chocolate is for him.

3: We use them after 'be'. (It's common in informal sentences.)

• Who's there? It's me!
• It's you.
• This is her.
• It was him!

 4: We use them with short answers.

• A: Who's there? B: Me!
• A: Who ate the cake? B: Him!
• A: I'm tired. B: Me too.

5: We use them after 'as' and 'than' for comparison.

• She is as tall as me.
• He is taller than her.

Sometimes we can feel confused about personal pronouns and subject pronouns, just you have to remember: 

The personal pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we and they are used as the subject of a verb in a sentence.

I have three dogs. – The pronoun I is the subject

 The object pronouns me, you, him, her, it, us and them take the object of the sentence.

My sister is very friendly. Everyone likes her.– The pronoun her is the object.

Remember: The subject of a sentence is the person, animal or thing that does the action shown by the verb.  The object of a sentence is the person, animal or thing that receives the action shown by the verb.

Here you have some examples to learn the differences.

 

As you can see, it's easy to uses object pronoun, just you have to define what is the object in your sentence. 

Remember:

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