PRONOUN

What is Pronoun?

 a Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or

another pronoun in a sentence or phrase. A pronoun
can function as a subject, object or complement in a
sentence.
Examples:
 David reads the paper; he reads it every morning.
(The pronoun “he” replaces the noun “David” and “it”
replaces “paper”)
 The boys didn’t make the team and they were very sad.
(The pronoun “they” replaces the noun “ the boys”)
 PERSONAL PRONOUN
we use personal pronouns in place of the person or
people that we are talking about.
Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun
Singular Plural Singular Plural
I we Me Us
you you You You
he/she/it they Him/her/it them

- I like coffee. - She is clever. - it doesn’t work.

- John Helped me. - Does Mary know her? - Can the engineer repair it?
 Now, try this!

1. Bob is smarter than ___ (I, me)

2. Our teacher had dinner with my friend and ___ (me,
I)
3. Sally and ___ are coming to the party. (she, her)
4. My classmates and ___ all speaks English (they,
them)
5. All the work was done by ___ (we, us)
Possessive Adjectives
are used to show possession or ownership of
something. While we use them when we refer to
people, it is more in the sense of relationship than
ownership
Subject Object Possessive
Pronoun Pronoun Adjectives
I Me My
You You Your
He Him His
She Her Her
It It Its
We Us Our
You You Your
They Them Their
 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
we use it to refer to take place of a noun that belongs
to someone or something.
Subject Object Possessive
Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun
I Me Mine
You You Yours
He Him His
She Her Hers
It It Its
We Us Ours
You You Yours
They Them Theirs

Below are the possessive pronouns. Notice that each possessive

pronoun can be a subject or object.

-Look at these pictures. Mine is the big one. (Subject = My picture)

- I like your flowers. Do you like mine? (object = my flower)
Now try this!

1. The book is (you) ___

2. The ball is (I) ___
3. The blue car is (we) ___
4. The ring is (she) ___
5. We met Paul and Jane last night. The
house is (they) ___
 Reflexive Pronoun
are words that reflect back to the subject of the
sentence or clause.
Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun

I Me Myself
You You Yourself
He Him Himself
She Her Herself
It It Itself
We Us Ourselves
You You Yourselves
They Them Themselves

Examples:
- I saw myself in the mirror - Mary sent herself a copy - Can you help yourselves?
- Why do you blame yourself? - My dog hurt itself.
- John sent himself a copy - We blame ourselves - They cannot look after themselves
Now try this!

1. Every morning I wash ____ and clean my

teeth
2. Jane is a baby, she is too small too eat by
____
3. The children can decorate the tree by
____
4. The cat cleans ____ with its tongue
5. You have to comb your hair by _____
SUMMARY
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