Pronouns and determiners

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Subject personal pronouns

Possessive determiners

Object personal pronouns

meyou him her it us you them

IYou He She It We You They

myyour his her its our your their

Possessive pronouns

mineyours his her ------ ours yours theirs

Personal pronouns - subject

Pronouns are words we use in the place of a noun. Jane is in year 8. She is a student. The car is black. It is black.

Personal pronouns - object

We use object pronouns to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined): Where is the pencil? I can't find it. Object pronouns are used after the verb or after a preposition: I know him. This is good for him. Tell him the truth.

Possessive determiners

We use possessive determiners: - to show something belongs to somebody: My new dress is red. - for relations and friends: My father is a nurse. How old is your brother? NOTE: We use my / your / his, etc . + a noun my book; your pen; his rubber

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns do not have an apostrophe: Is that car yours/hers/ours/theirs? (NOT Is that car your's/her's/our's/their's?) We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words: Is that John's car? No, it's mine. (NOT No, it's [my car].) Whose coat is this? Is it yours? (NOT Is it [your coat]?) Her coat is grey. Mine is brown. (NOT [My coat] is brown.)

We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say: Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine. (NOT Susan is a friend of me.) I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's. (NOT I am a friend of Susan.)