Pronouns Pronouns & &

Possessive Possessive FormsForms

Pronouns & Possessive Pronouns & Possessive FormsForms

SUBJECT

PRONOUNS

OBJECT

PRONOUNS

POSSESSIVE

ADJECTIVES

POSSESSIVE

PRONOUNS

REFLEXIVE

PRONOUNS

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

Me

You

Him

Her

It

Us

You

Them

My

Your

His

Her

Its

Our

Your

Their

Mine

Yours

His

Hers

Its

Ours

Yours

Theirs

Myself

Yourself

Himself

Herself

Itself

Ourselves

Yourselves

Themselves

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Subject pronouns are used as the subject of the sentence:

He is my favourite uncle.They live in a house in my street.

PronounsPronouns Object pronouns are used as

the direct or indirect object of a verb. They are also used after prepositions:

Look at my new camera; I bought it yesterday.Susan sent me a present.Can I go to the party with them?

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Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of the verb are the same person or thing. When she saw herself in the mirror she couldn’t believe it.

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Reflexive pronouns are also used to emphasise.Teacher: “Who did your homework?”Student: “Nobody helped me; I did it myself”.

Possessive FormsPossessive Forms

Possessive adjectives accompany the noun:

My house is over there.Where’s your car?

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Possessive pronouns substitute the noun:Don’t touch that bicycle; it’s mine (= my bicycle).This is my umbrella; yours (= your umbrella) is in the hall.

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In the Saxon Genitive we usually add ‘s but we add ‘ to a plural noun ending with s.

This is Bob’s phone.The boys’ rooms are very clean.

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