Subject & Object Pronouns ESL Games, Worksheets & Activities
He, She, It, We or They?
ESL Subject Pronouns Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Changing Word Forms, Rewriting Sentences
Here is a free subject pronouns worksheet to help students practice the subject pronouns: He, She, It, We, They. To start, students change nouns on the worksheet into the subject pronouns: He, She, It...
Is it you or me?
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Game and Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary: Matching, Pelmanism, Gap-fill, Error Correction
Here is a useful subject and object pronouns game and worksheet to help students learn and practice the differences between these two types of pronouns...
I Mime, You Watch
ESL Subject Pronouns Game - Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences - Group Work
In this amusing subject pronouns game, students watch their classmates do mimes and race to guess the subject pronoun and verb by making a basic present simple or present continuous...
Love it or hate it?
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Categorizing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
In this interesting subject and object pronouns speaking activity, students give opinions about people, places and things. Students think of people, places and things they love, like, don't mind, dislike or...
Pronouns Bingo
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Game - Vocabulary: Listening, Matching - Group Work
In this rewarding subject and object pronouns game, students play bingo by listening to gap-fill sentences and matching pronouns with the missing words. The caller reads a gap-fill sentence at random from...
Replace it
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Game - Grammar: Pelmanism, Matching, Reading Sentences - Pair Work
In this fun subject and object pronouns game, students match and replace underlined words in sentences with subject or object pronouns. In pairs, students take it in turns to turn over one sentence card and one...
Subject and Object Pronoun Practice
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Worksheet - Grammar, Writing and Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Reading and Writing Sentences, Guessing
In this productive subject and object pronouns worksheet, students complete and write sentences with subject and object pronouns. First, students complete...
Subject Object Snap
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Game - Vocabulary: Matching - Pair Work
In this entertaining subject and object pronouns game, students play snap by matching 'Do you like...?' questions with answers that contain subject and object pronouns. In pairs, both students turn over a card from their pile at the...
Subject vs. Object Pronouns
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Rewriting Sentences, Gap-fill
This comprehensive subject vs. object pronouns worksheet can be used to help introduce or teach subject and object pronouns. Students begin by identifying subject and object...
What's the Object Pronoun?
ESL Object Pronouns Game - Vocabulary: Listening, Gap-fill - Pair Work
In this free object pronouns game, students complete sentences with object pronouns. In pairs, students take it in turns to read each sentence to their partner using the word 'blank' for the missing object pronoun. Their partner listens and then...
Blank Out
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Game - Vocabulary and Grammar: Matching, Sentence Completion - Group Work
In this fast-paced subject and object pronouns game, students race to complete sentences with subject or object pronouns. In groups, the reader turns over a card and reads the sentence aloud...
The Gift of Pronouns
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Identifying, Matching, Gap-fill, Answering Questions, Forming Sentences
In this useful subject and object pronouns worksheet, students identify and practice using subject and object pronouns. Students start by circling subject...
Yes, I love it!
ESL Object Pronouns Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions - Group and Pair Work
In this engaging object pronouns speaking activity, students ask questions about likes and dislikes and reply using object pronouns in order to find someone who has the same likes and dislikes. First...
Appropriate Answers
ESL Subject and Object Pronouns Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Matching, Gap-fill - Pair Work
In this intriguing subject and object pronouns speaking activity, students answer questions by finding the correct response on a worksheet and completing...
Understanding Subject and Object Pronouns
Subject pronouns replace the noun that performs the action in a sentence, so 'John called me' becomes 'He called me.' Object pronouns replace the noun that receives the action, so 'I called John' becomes 'I called him.' When students swap one for the other, the sentence either breaks grammatically or reverses its meaning entirely: 'Him called I' is ungrammatical, and 'Me saw them' signals to any reader that the student has not yet grasped how English sentences are built.
This page covers subject and object pronouns across A1, A1-A2, A2, and B1 levels, with 14 resources spanning worksheets, card games, speaking activities, and bingo, including two activities available as free downloads.
The table below shows each subject pronoun alongside its corresponding object pronoun, with an example sentence illustrating both forms.
| Person | Subject Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| First person singular | I | me | 'I saw the manager, and the manager spoke to me.' |
| Second person | you | you | 'You left a message, and I replied to you.' |
| Third person singular masculine | he | him | 'He called the office, and the office called him back.' |
| Third person singular feminine | she | her | 'She wrote the report, and the director praised her.' |
| Third person singular neutral | it | it | 'It arrived this morning, and we signed for it.' |
| First person plural | we | us | 'We made a complaint, and they responded to us.' |
| Third person plural | they | them | 'They asked a question, and the teacher answered them.' |
When to Use Subject and Object Pronouns
Avoiding Repetition of Names: Speakers and writers switch to pronouns after the first mention of a person to stop the same name repeating through a sentence or paragraph, keeping the text flowing naturally, as in 'Sarah arrived late because she missed the bus and nobody had told her about the change.'
Showing Who Does What in a Description: Subject pronouns make clear who performs each action when a description involves more than one person, preventing confusion about roles, as in 'He finished first, then she checked his work and they submitted it together.'
Referring Back to Something Already Mentioned: Object pronouns let speakers refer back to something already named without repeating the full noun, keeping responses concise and natural in conversation, as in 'Have you seen the report? Yes, I read it this morning.'
3-Step Framework for Teaching Subject and Object Pronouns
1. Start With Recognition Before Production: Give students a text or set of sentences and ask them to identify which pronouns are subjects and which are objects before they write anything themselves. Then have them rewrite sentences by swapping underlined nouns for the correct pronoun form. Closing with a short story gap-fill lets students see how the two sets work together in continuous text.
2. Lock In the Pairs With a Memory Game: Once students can identify the two sets, run a pelmanism game where they match subject pronoun picture cards to object pronoun word cards. The matching rule is simple: a subject pronoun picture must pair with its corresponding object pronoun word card, which means students actively process the relationship between the two forms every time they flip a card, not just recognize them in isolation.
3. Push for Spontaneous Output: Set students a writing task where they describe five classmates using only pronouns, with no names allowed in the sentences. Then have them read their sentences aloud while the class tries to guess who each sentence is about. The guessing element creates a genuine communicative reason to use pronouns accurately, because a wrong pronoun sends the class to the wrong person.
Common Mistakes with Subject and Object Pronouns
Using an Object Pronoun as a Sentence Subject: Students often use an object pronoun at the start of a sentence where a subject pronoun is required, particularly with first person forms in informal speech that then transfer incorrectly into writing. Wrong: 'Me and my friend went to the market.' Correct: 'My friend and I went to the market.'
Using a Subject Pronoun After a Preposition: Students often place a subject pronoun after prepositions such as 'for,' 'with,' 'to,' and 'between,' when English requires an object pronoun in that position. Wrong: 'This present is for she.' Correct: 'This present is for her.'
Common Questions About Teaching Subject and Object Pronouns
What is an effective worksheet for teaching subject and object pronouns?
The worksheet The Gift of Pronouns moves students from recognition to production across four exercises. Students first identify subject and object pronouns in a dialogue, then match questions to answers and complete gap-fills. In the final exercise, they read a text and answer comprehension questions using one subject pronoun and one object pronoun in each answer.
What is an engaging speaking activity for practicing subject and object pronouns?
In the activity Love it or hate it!, students sort people, places, and things into opinion categories, then ask their partner 'What do you think of...?' Replies use both subject and object pronouns together, for example 'I like him. He's really good.' Using real opinions about real people gives students a genuine reason to get the pronouns right.
What is a fun game for practicing subject and object pronouns?
Both pronoun types come into play at once in the game Subject Object Snap, which matches 'Do you like...?' question cards to answer cards that use subject and object pronouns. If the cards match, the first student to call 'Snap' scores a point. The fast format trains students to recognize correct pronoun use quickly rather than working through it slowly.
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