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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Object pronouns====== =====Introduction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="150" id="31" style="width: 102px; height: 122px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/31_0571489250532da0c2176e6ab1010417.jpg"> Jeremy is my friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you know <span style="color: blue;">him</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></u></b> </p><br></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>An object pronoun is the object of a verb.<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use it when we don't need to mention or repeat the noun.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>me</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>him</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>her</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>it</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>us</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>them</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> <br> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Compare object pronouns with subject pronouns:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="310" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Subject pronouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.25pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Object pronouns</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> like Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>like Kim. <span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> likes Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> likes Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>likes Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> like Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> like Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.25pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">me<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">you<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">him<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">her<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">it<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">us<font color="#000000">.</font></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Kim likes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">them<font color="#000000">.</font></span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 241.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="114" id="89" style="width: 108px; height: 83px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/89_bf768d7ccb4d163debcddf677297b86c.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>My friends are at the restaurant with <span style="color: blue;">me</span>.</span></b> </p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> <p><span lang="EN-US"><img height="149" id="90" style="width: 104px; height: 116px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/90_bc57f3855fa967dd5f93625175205ef4.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Can I offer <span style="color: blue;">you </span>some coffee?</span></b></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="114" id="30" style="width: 107px; height: 85px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/30_c26f02c159496f4f4dabd1e4a1310bde.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;'>This is Joe Brown. I work with <span style="color: blue;">him </span>in the sales department.</span></span></b></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US"> <img height="189" id="50" style="width: 100px; height: 139px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/50_bf85fe64d9607c5d22126276d81bdbf4.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sue is our manager. We have a meeting with <span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">her </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">every week</span>.</span></b></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="111" id="55" style="width: 108px; height: 87px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/55_3d175f57347cfaaadc0f468710b1e66d.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;'>My new office is in Paris. I love <span style="color: blue;">it</span>.</span></span></b></span></p> <p><img height="122" id="91" style="width: 109px; height: 97px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/91_1a9e404c9ce8a7ff9aae46e1cced9028.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;'><strong>These are my colleagues. I like <span style="color: blue;">them</span>.</strong></span><br><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]