Question

What is a predicate pronoun?

Answer 1

Hint: Predicate is the part of the sentence which contains the verb and tells something about the subject. For e.g. Nita prepared food for the guests. The underlined part is the predicate.
Whereas pronouns are the words or phrases that are used instead of nouns in a sentence. For e.g.- Rahul is a good student. He also participates in extracurricular activities. In the second sentence the noun Rahul has been replaced by ‘He’.

Complete answer:
A pronoun that forms a part of the predicate is known as the predicate pronoun. It helps in providing more information about the noun.

Explanation with examples:
E.g. 1) This cat is hers.
‘Is hers’ is a predicate nominative pronoun. It is so because a predicate nominative pronoun is preceded by a linking verb. The ‘to-be’ form of verbs are known as linking verbs. The linking verbs link the subject to words/phrases that associate with the subject.

E.g. 2) The first ones to arrive were them.
This is a simple predicate pronoun where the verb precedes the pronoun.

E.g. 3) When they returned, Adrija and I gave them food.
Subjective personal pronouns I, you, he , she, it, we, they can only be used in the predicate part if it is the subject of the sub part of a sentence.

Note: In case of personal pronouns only objective pronouns can be used in the predicate part of a sentence. Objective pronouns are used when a pronoun is the object in a sentence. Objective pronouns are me, you, them, us, him, her,it.