6. Pronouns

6.1 Replace the expressions in BOLD by pronouns using the word order without “to or for”.

e.g. John gave the book to Henry, becomes John gave HIM the book.

Jane bought some sweets for her mother.
Tell the answer to the student.
My sister and I told a story to my little brother.
Alec and Mary gave some chocolates to my sister and me.
You and I must give a present to John.
John will find her coat for Mary.
Henry and Alec gave a cake to me and my wife.
Give this one to the baby.
My friend and I told John about our journey last week.

NOTE. The usual order is VERB + PERSON + THING (e.g. show Mary the book), but to give more emphasis to the person we can put it AFTER the direct object and add the prepositions to or for (e.g. show the book to Mary).

REVISION: subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive adjective, possessive pronoun:

I told HIM that MY house is HIS for the duration of his stay.
YOU asked HER to bring HER book, and we discovered that it was not HERS after all.
HE is related to ME. He is MY mother's brother and is an uncle of MINE.
SHE gave HIM her pen and after that it was HIS pen and not HERS.
IT belongs to HIM now and is no longer HER pen, although it was once HERS.
WE like THEM but THEIR house is much larger than OURS.
YOU think you are better than US but YOUR town is much worse than OURS.
THEY dislike US because OUR house is much smaller than THEIRS.

6.2 Choose the correct word

We/Us all went with themselves/them.
They knew all about my friend and I/me.
Mr Jones and he/him/himself came last night.
I came here with John and her/she.
Basil gave Harry and I/me an ice-cream, and then he went to the pictures with he/him and his friend.
He told Mary and me/I to go with he/him and his mother.
An old man asked my friend and I/me what the time was.
Go and see he/him and his friend.
There some letters for you and me/I.
Go with John and her/she to visit they/them.

We have seen that "I" is used as the SUBJECT and "me" as the OBJECT but what happens when there are two subjects or objects linked with an?

Jenny and me/I (?) joined the chess club.
Jill took Justin and me/I (?) to the shop.

In sentence 1), Jenny and me/I are the SUBJECT of the verb joined. Therefore, the subject pronoun, I, is correct.

The opposite is true for sentence 2). Justin and me/I are the OBJECTS of took. You will hear many English speakers incorrectly saying “Justin and I.”

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