What is a person?

Grammatical
person shows
the relationship between the speaker and other

participants

in
an event. more specifically,
it is a reference to a participant in an event, such as the speaker, the
addressee (recipient of the speaker’s communication), or others. Grammatical
person usually defines the set

of personal pronouns used by the speaker. It
also frequently affects verbs, sometimes nouns, and possessive

relationships as well.

•There are three
grammatical persons in English:

1) First person: This is I when
used to talk about yourself. I is always singular. This is we
when used to talk about a group in which I is a member. We
is plural. 2) Second Person: This is you. Second person
is used when referring to the addressee. The addressee may be singular or
plural, depending on how many individuals are being addressed.

3)Third person: This is he, she,
it, and they. Third person is used when referring to any

person, place, or thing other than the speaker and the addressee.

••Here
is a table outlining personal pronouns and their grammatical persons:

Pronoun	Person	Plurality	Gender
I	first person	singular	-
You	second person	singular / plural	-
He	third person	singular	masculine / neutral
She	third person	singular	feminine
It	third person	singular	neutral
We	first person	plural	-
They	third person	plural / singular	-
You all / you guys / y’all (slang)	second person	plural	-

* (correctness of the singular usage
of “they” is disputed) Direction:Write the grammatical person used in each sentence
in the space to the right.

Example: He walked to the grocery
store. third person singular

1)I want to go shopping. _________________

2) They were very tired.

3) We did not go to the park.

4)
You can use my calculator.

5) Jane watched a movie last night.

6) It is going to be a nice day.

7) You are so funny! _________________

8) I thought he was joking. _________________

9) I wonder why they didn’t come to the meeting. _________________

10) Olivia knew John was in trouble. _________________

11) “You are nice,” Mark said. _________________

12) If one were to break the law, he should go to jail. _________________

13) “I’m leaving!” she yelled. _________________

14) “Are y’all coming to the football game?” I asked. _________________

Directions: Now write one sentence in the first person, second person, and
third person.