Object Pronouns

An object pronoun, also called objective pronoun, functions as the object of a verb or preposition, as distinguished from a subject or subjective pronoun, which is the subject of a verb.

The seven basic pronouns take on different forms when used as object pronouns rather than as subject pronouns:

·         I - Me

·         You - You

·         He - Him

·         She - Her

·         It - It

·         We - Us

Object pronouns come after either a verb (e.g "like") or a preposition (e.g "to").

I like you but you don't like me.

Do you really hate her?

She loves sitting next to him.

She always writes e-mails to us.

Object Pronoun Examples:

Will you please tell them to come in?

He told you a lie about where he was Saturday.

Our grandparents gave us candy and our teeth are just fine.

He begged her to live with him.

(her is the object of the verb begged and him is the object of the preposition with)

She told them the truth.

 (them is the object of the verb told)

Object pronouns are used instead of object nouns, usually because we already know what the object is:

She's my friend. I really enjoy being with her.

I like this film. I saw it last week.