| I | eat. | Subject | verb |
| I | eat | apples. |
| Subject | verb | object |
| I | eat | them. |
| Subject | verb | object |
| Anna | likes | chocolate. |
| subject (noun) | verb | object (noun) |
| She | likes | it. |
| subject (pronoun) | verb | object (pronoun) |
| Subject | object | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | I | me |
| 2nd person singular and plural | you | you |
| 3rd person singular | he | him |
| she | her | |
| it | it | |
| 1st person plural | we | us |
| 3rd person plural | they | them |