Pronouns take the place of nouns. Personal pronouns have what is called case.
Case means that a different form of a pronoun is used for different parts
of the sentence. There are three cases: nominative, objective, and
possessive. Many mistakes are made in the use of nominative and objective
case pronouns. Memorizing each list will help you use them correctly.
Nominative case pronouns are I, she, he, we, they, and who.
They are used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and appositives when
used with a subject or predicate nominative.
Objective case pronouns are me, her, him, us, them, and whom.
They are used as direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the
preposition, and appositives when used with one of the objects. (We
will learn about indirect objects and objects of the preposition in
later lessons.) (You and it are both nominative and objective
case.)
Possessive case pronouns are my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers,
its, our, ours, your, yours, their, and theirs. They are used to show
ownership.
Possessive pronouns never have apostrophes, but possessive nouns do. Do
not confuse the possessive personal pronouns its, your, and their
with the contractions it's (it is, it has), you're (you are), and
they're (they are).
Instructions: Tell how each italicized pronoun is used in these sentences.
1. It must have been he.
2. Can you see her?
3. Whom did they send?
4. The drivers were we, Carl and I.
5. I gave it to my son.
--For answers scroll
down.
Answers:
1. It must have been he.
- subject and predicate nominative, nominative case
2. Can you see her?
- subject, nominative case
- direct object, objective case
3. Whom did they send?
- direct object, objective case
- subject, nominative case
4. The drivers were we, Carl and I.
- predicate nominative and appositive, nominative case
5. I gave it to my son.
- subject, nominative case
- direct object, objective case 
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