pronouns
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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.