Pronouns

Subject, object, possessive and reflexive forms, and agreeing with what they replace.

Try it

A1 and below · grammar and sentence difficulty

Foundation · first steps

Complete the gap using the correct form of “He”. You may need more than one word. Do not write the whole sentence.

hand is cold.

Foundation · first steps

Complete the gap using the correct form of “She”. You may need more than one word. Do not write the whole sentence.

cup is empty.

A1
Possessive adjectives before nouns

Before a noun, use the possessive form: his name, her book, my car — not the subject pronoun (he name, she book, I car).
A2
Pronoun object case after prepositions

Use object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them) after prepositions (e.g., to him, for them, with us).
A2
Relative pronouns who/which

Use 'who' for people and 'which' for things. 'That' can stand in for either in a defining clause with no commas (the man that called you) — but never after a comma (My brother, who lives in New York, ...), where only 'who'/'which' work.
A2
Subject pronoun for the subject

The subject of a clause uses I/he/she/we/they, not me/him/her/us/them: 'She is sad', not 'Her is sad'.
B1
Dummy (expletive) it

Sometimes 'it' is a dummy subject for weather, time, or distance and does not refer to a thing: 'It is raining', 'It's 9 o'clock'.
B1
Reflexive pronoun agreement

A reflexive pronoun (myself, herself, themselves) must match the subject, and 'alone' uses by + reflexive: I did it myself; she went by herself.
B2
Resumptive pronoun in a relative clause

The relative pronoun already stands for the noun, so don't repeat it as an object: 'the book that I read', not 'the book that I read it'.