Question

Who are these people? I don't remember ______ . their themselves We use subject pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘we’, ‘they’ for people, and we use them before the verb (the predicate) in sentences. The corresponding object pronouns ‘me’, ‘you’, ‘her’, ‘him’, ‘us’ and ‘them’ are used after the verb in sentences. In the test question ‘Who are these people?’ instead of the noun ‘people’ we can use a subject pronoun ‘they’ – ‘Who are they?’, therefore, in the test answer we should use the object pronoun ‘them’ that corresponds with the subject pronoun ‘they’.

Accepted Answer

they them c

Question	Who are these people? I don't remember ______ .
A	they
B	their
C	them
D	themselves
Answer	c
Remark	We use subject pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘we’, ‘they’ for people, and we use them before the verb (the predicate) in sentences. The corresponding object pronouns ‘me’, ‘you’, ‘her’, ‘him’, ‘us’ and ‘them’ are used after the verb in sentences. In the test question ‘Who are these people?’ instead of the noun ‘people’ we can use a subject pronoun ‘they’ – ‘Who are they?’, therefore, in the test answer we should use the object pronoun ‘them’ that corresponds with the subject pronoun ‘they’.

Subject Pronoun Verb Sentences Object Test People I