Pronoun

Õ My name is David. I am the

youngest in my family
Õ Jane is kind. I like her
 Pronoun

Õ My name is David. I am the

youngest in my family
Õ Jane is kind. I likes her
 2. Personal Pronouns
Õ The subject of a verb : -
I, you, he, she, it, we and they can all be used
as the subject of a verb.
Examples :-

î isa likes cats. isa ʹ proper noun (subject)

îShe has four cats. She ʹ pronoun (subject)

îSharma is a good teacher. He is a good player

 Examples
Õ My name is David. I am the youngest
in the family.
Õ This is Jack. He is a teacher.
Õ This is Sarah. She is a lawyer.
Õ I have a brother and two sisters.
Õ They are very nice ›
 Examples
Õ I have a dog. It is called ucky.
Õ ucky, you are a good dog.
Õ Good morning, children! You may sit down
now.
Õ My family and I live in a big city. We have an
apartment.
 Exercise
Õ I have a dog. It is called ucky.
Õ ucky, you are a good dog.
Õ Good morning, children! You may sit down
now.
Õ My family and I live in a big city. We have an
apartment.
Õ The objective of a verb : -
Õ me, you, him, her, it, us and them can all be
used as the object of a verb.

Õ Ex : -
Õ isa likes cats. She likes to hit them.

noun
Pronoun

the object of the verb the object of the verb

 Examples
Õ I am standing on my head. ook at me.
Õ My mother is kind. Everybody likes her.
Õ isa, I told you to tidy your bed!
Õ Sharon and Jenny! Dad is waiting for you!
 Exercise
Õ ucky and I are playing in the park. Dad is
watching us.
Õ You must not play with the knife. Give it to
me.
Õ Pick up your toys and put them away.
 Exercise
Õ ucky and I are playing in the park. Dad is
watching us.
Õ You must not play with the knife. Give it to
me.
Õ Pick up your toys and put them away.
 Possessive construction
Õ Andy͛s game
His game
Õ Jane and Bill͛s phone
Their phone
Õ Jared Masons͛ money
His money
 




  

Possessive pronouns indicate ownership. The
following pronouns are possessive case pronouns.

 

  
 my, mine our, ours

  
 your, yours your, yours
  
 his, her/hers, its their, theirs


 Example

Õ ook at the cat͛s name tag

It is mine
It is my cat
Õ They left the room.
Now It is yours
Now, it is your house
 Examples

Õ Feel free to come here

This house is ours
This is our house
Õ These computers are not good.
What about yours?
Õ Of course this skirt is hers
 Examples

Õ Her friend is from Mexico

Õ His friend is from Mexico
Õ My friend is from Canada, and
hers/his is from Mexico
 Examples
Õ I don͛t like the dog. Its smell always
disturbs all people
Õ I don͛t like the dog͛s smell. It disturbs
all people
Õ eave the money for them.
It is theirs
It is their money
  
 

 
  



I , me Mine, my +N

You Yours, your +N

He ,him His, his + N

She, her Hers, her +N

  
 

 
  



We ,us Ours, our +N

You Yours, your +N

They , them Theirs, their +N

 Exercise
2. Ms. Kowalski signed ____ autograph on this
theater program.
2. Franklin, does that incident have anything to do
with _______ shyness?
3. Did you say this blue and gold notebook was
_______?
4. Will you give him a helping hand if he asks you
for _______help?
5. Mr. Ramirez showed us how to fix a flat tire on a
motorcycle with _____ own motorcycle
 Exercise
2. Ms. Kowalski signed her autograph on this
theater program.
2. Franklin, does that incident have anything to do
with your shyness?
3. Did you say this blue and gold notebook was
hers?
4. Will you give him a helping hand if he asks you
for your help?
5. Mr. Ramirez showed us how to fix a flat tire on a
motorcycle.
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Õ Examples :-
î My brother built this computer himself
î John was looking at himself in the mirror
  
 

    


I (subject pronoun) Myself
Me (object pronoun) Myself
You (subject/object pronoun) Yourself
He (subject pronoun) Himself
Him(object pronoun) Himself
She(subject pronoun) Herself
It itself
  
 

    



We (subject pronoun) Ourselves

Us (object pronoun) Ourselves

You(subject / object pronoun) Yourselves

They (subject pronoun) themselves

Them (object pronoun) themselves

 Some exercises
Õ Be careful not to cut _______ with that knife.
Õ Our cat washes _______after every meal.
Õ We baked the cake by ________.
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Õ Be careful not to cut yourself with that knife.
Õ Our cat washes itself after every meal.
Õ We baked the cake by ourselves.
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Õ Demonstrative pronouns are used for pointing
out things. The words this, that, these and
those are demonstrative pronouns.

Õ Examples:-
Õ These are my pets.
Õ These are sheep but those are goats.
Õ Those are horses.
 Some more examples :-
Õ This is my desk.
Õ This is the Mings' house.
Õ That is my friend͛s house.
Õ That͛s my mother͛s car.