pronouns

PRONOUNSWHAT IS A PRONOUN?

A pronoun can replace a noun or another

pronoun. You use pronouns like "

Persons Subject

pronouns

Object

pronouns

Possessive

adjectives

Possessive

pronouns

Reflexive

pronouns

1st. p. sing I me my mine myself

2nd p. sing. you you your yours yourself

3rd p. sing.

masc.

he him his his himself

3rd p. sing.

fem.

she her her hers herself

3rd p. sing.

neut.

it it its its itself

1st p.

plural

we us our ours ourselves

2nd. p.

plural

you you your yours yourselves

3rd p.

plural

they them their theirs themselves

What is a pronoun?

It’s a word used instead of a noun (or a phrase

containing a noun)

Example: `He', `it', `who', and `anything' are

pronouns.

When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing

the action) of the sentence, it is called a Subject

Pronoun.

Example: Bob is swimming. He is swimming

Types of Pronouns

What are the English subject pronouns?

Singular Plural

1st person I We

2nd person You

3rd person He, She, It They

Examples :-

Lisa likes cats.

She has four cats.

Lisa – proper noun (subject

Lisa – proper noun (subject

Sharma is a good teacher. He is a good player

ME

You

HIM

US I

T

THEM HER

WHAT DO YOU USE OBJECT

PRONOUNS FOR?

• WE USE OBJECT PRONOUNS TO

SUBSTITUTE A NOUN.

EXAMPLE

SHE LOVES ROBERT VERY MUCH.

SHE LOVES HIM VERY MUCH. (HIM

SUBSTITUTES

ROBERT)

OBJECT PRONOUNS ALWAYS GO AFTER THE

VERB.

OBJECT

PRONOUNSSUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

I ME

YOU YOU

WE US

THEY THEM

HE HIM

SHE HER

IT IT

EXAMPLES1. SHE TALKS ON THE PHONE WITH ME. (ME

REFERS TO I)

2. I PLAY FOOTBALL WITH YOU. ( YOU REFERS TO

YOU)

3. SHE HAS BREAKFAST WITH HIM. (HIM REFERS

TO HE)

4. HE WATCHES TV WITH HER. (HER REFERS TO

SHE)

5. HE RUNS WITH US. (US REFERS TO WE)

6. I WORK WITH THEM. ( THEM REFERS TO THEY)

7. WE EAT CHOCOLATE CAKE EVERYDAY. WE LIKE

Possessive

Adjectives Pronouns

• Possessive adjectives show

ownership or relationships

between people.

• They are placed before the noun.

• They must agree in number and

sometimes in gender with the

nouns that they describe.

Posessive Adjectives

singular

mi / mis (my)

tu / tus (your)

su / sus

(his,her)

or (your f.)

plural

nuestro a, os, as

(our)

vuestro, a, os, as

(your inf.)

su / sus (their)

or (theirs)

Possessive

Pronouns

We use possessive pronouns to refer to a

specific person/people or thing/things (the

"antecedent") belonging to a

person/people (and sometimes belonging

to an animal/animals or thing/things).

number person

gender (of

"owner")

possessive

pronouns

singular

1st male/female mine

2nd male/female yours

3rdmale his

female hers

plural

1st male/female ours

2nd male/female yours

3rdmale/female/ne

utertheirs

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Look at these pictures. Mine is the

big one. (subject = My picture)

-I like your flowers. Do you like

mine? (object = my flowers)

All the essays were good but his

was the best. (subject = his essay)

-John found his passport but Mary

couldn't find hers. (object = her

passport

EXAMPLES

Possessive forms

Possessive adjective

+noun

Possessive

pronoun

It’s my briefcase.

They’re your

notes.

That’s his sweater.

It’s her jacket.

Is that our car?

That’s their house

It’s mine.

They’re yours.

That’s his.

It’s hers.

No, the other one is

ours.

It’s theirs.

Use possessive

adjective before a

noun.

Use possessive

pronoun in place

of a noun.

Her cats are nice These nice cats are

hers

The difference between

possessive adjective and

possessive pronoun: Possessive

pronoun

Possessive adjectivesubject

Mine

Yours

His

Hers

Its

Ours

Yours

Theirs

My

Your

His

Her

Its

Our

Your

their

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

they

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

We use a reflexive pronoun when

we want to refer back to the

subject of the sentence or clause.

Reflexive pronouns end in "-self"

(singular) or "-selves" (plural).

There are eight reflexive

pronouns:

reflexive pronoun

singular

myself

yourself

himself, herself, itself

plural

ourselves

yourselves

themselves

the underlined words are the

SAME person/thing

-I saw myself in the mirror.

-Why do you blame yourself?

-John sent himself a copy.