English Class

People, animals, and things do actions. When this happens, people, animals, and things are the subjects in a sentence. The actions sometimes affect other people, animals and things. The people, animals or things that are affected by the actions are the objects in a sentence:

Subject

Action

Object

I love Mary Smith

Dogs chase cats

Computers process information

Chile exports apples

Recession affects you and me

Mary

calls Peter

Object Pronouns substitute people ,animals or things that have been mentioned or referred to before. Object Pronouns are important and useful since they avoid

unnecessary repetition of nouns.

1. Dogs chase cats. They like to bite cats.

Dogs chase cats. They like to bite them

2. Computers process information. They process information fast

Computers process information. They process it fast

3. Chile exports apples. It exports apples to the USA.

Chile exports apples. It exports them to the USA.

4. Mary calls Peter. She calls Peter all the time.

Mary calls Peter. She calls him all the time.

The following table shows the object pronouns that may be used depending on who or what is affected by an action.

Person, people, animals or things affected by an action.

Object Pronoun

I me

You you

He him

She her

It ( something singular ) it

You ( two or more people ) you

We us

They ( people, animals or things ) them

Exercise 2.3.1

Fill in with an adequate OBJECT PRONOUN.

1. Where’s Tom ? I don’t see....................................................

2. Where’s Karen ? My boss needs............................................

3. Tom has many books but he seldom reads.............................

4. The wall is clean. Don’t touch.................with your dirty hands.

5. Your hands are dirty. Wash......................................................

6. Paul and I like to sing but nobody listens to..............................

7. Look at those pictures. Do you like.........................................?

8. Your bike looks new. Do you ride...........................very often?

9. Are you busy ? Miss Smith wants to talk to...............................

10. We want to go to the zoo. Do you want to come with..............?

Exercise 2.3.2

Fill in with an adequate OBJECT PRONOUN.

1. I’m late with my work. Can you help........................................?

2. Is your brother at home? I need to talk to...............................

3. Are you Robert ?Can I call..............................................Rob ?

4. Where are my glasses? I don’t see........................................

5. Liz is a nice person. Everybody likes.......................................

6. The door is open. Can you close................................please ?

7. The phone is ringing. Can you answer.......................please ?

8. Those

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