Subject pronouns

Pronouns take the place of a . So for example, instead of using a girl’s name, you might say ‘she’. Instead of listing all the people you saw, you might say ‘them’. ‘She’ and ‘them’ are pronouns in English.

Subject pronouns are used as the of a sentence – who or what is doing the action of the . For example:

Jeanne fait ses devoirs. Elle fait ses devoirs. - Jeanne does her homework. She does her homework.

Elle replaces Jeanne who is the subject of the sentence.

Mes parents vont aller à la piscine. Ils vont aller à la piscine. - My parents are going to the swimming pool. They’re going to go to the swimming pool.

Ils replaces Mes parents, the subject of the sentence.

je / j’ (before a vowel or ‘h’)	I
tu	you (singular informal)
il	he/it (masculine nouns)
elle	she/it (feminine nouns)
on	one/we
nous	we
vous	you (singular formal or plural)
ils	they (masculine nouns)
elles	they (feminine nouns)

je / j’ (before a vowel or ‘h’)

I

tu

you (singular informal)

il

he/it (masculine nouns)

elle

she/it (feminine nouns)

on

one/we

nous

we

vous

you (singular formal or plural)

ils

they (masculine nouns)

elles

they (feminine nouns)

The use of on

On is more informal than nous and is often used when chatting to friends.

On can mean ‘one’, ‘you’, ‘we’ or ‘someone’. For example:

On ne sait jamais. – One never knows. /You never know.
On veut aller au parc ce soir. – We want to go to the park this evening.
On t’a envoyé un texto. – Someone has sent you a text. / You’ve been sent a text.

Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronouns.

Question

As- __________ un animal à la maison ?

Question

__________ irons au cinéma demain.

Question

J’aime les fraises, car __________ sont délicieuses.

Question

__________ suis à Londres.

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