ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Object pronoun

Okay, let's imagine you have a toy truck. You can play with the truck and say, "I am playing with it." The word "it" is an object pronoun. It's like a shortcut for saying the name of the truck every time.

In the same way, object pronouns are like shortcut words that take the place of a person, animal, or thing that is receiving the action of a verb. For example, if you say, "I see the dog," you can also say "I see him" instead of saying "dog" again. "Him" is an object pronoun that refers to the dog.

Some of the most common object pronouns in English are: me, you, him, her, it, us, and them. They work together with verbs to help us communicate in a clear and simple way.
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