Verb terminology
This page contains some of the terms that you need when talking about the subjects of verbs.
The following table shows you how to name the various combinations of pronoun and number. This can be helpful if you are reading or listening to an explanation about grammar, or doing a grammar exercise.
Number
Pronoun
Person
I
first
Singular
you
second
he - she -it
third
we
first
Plural
you
second
they
third
So, for example, I is the first person singular, and they is the third person plural. The same information can also be shown as follows:
Grammar Designation
Pronoun
First person singular
I
First person plural
we
Second person singular
you
Second person plural
you
Third person singular
he - she - it
Third person plural
they
We can now identify pronoun and verb combinations. For example, we ate is the first person plural of the verb to eat in the past simple tense. And the verb to forget in the third person singular present perfect tense is he, she or it has forgotten.
There are many more verb terms on the verb categorization page.