Pronouns (4 ESO)

PRONOUNS

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Personal Pronouns

Object Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

Reciprocal Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• They are in charge of replacing the subject of the sentence, that is, the one who performs the action.

• I, you, she, he, it, we, you, they

She is my motherThey found the lost book.

OBJECT PRONOUNS

• They function as objects serving as direct objects. They usually come after the verb or prepositions such as for, to, with and at.

• Me, you, her, him, it, us, you, them

She told me to keep quiet. I've been listening to him for a while.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

• As the name suggests, possessive pronouns in English designate possessions. They serve to answer the question "whose is it?"

• Mine, yours, hers, his, ours, yours, theirs.

This car is ours. A friend of mine came yesterday to the party. *** This is my car VS This car is mine.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• They serve to take the place and function of the noun without referring to a particular subject, but to an entity.

SOME

ANY

NO

EVERY

Someone Somebody Something Somewhere Sometime Somehow

Anyone Anybody Anything Anywhere Anytime Anyhow

None Nobody Nothing Nowhere

Everyone Everybody Everything Everywhere Everytime

RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS

• This type of pronoun is used to indicate that an action corresponds between the subject and the person receiving it. That is, the verb acts in reverse, both for the subject who performs it and for the person to whom it is addressed.

• Each other: Used to talk about two people.

His sons take care of each other.

• One other: Used to talk about three or more people.

My friends gave one another Christmas presents.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

• They replace the subject depending on the context, since their use depends on the proximity (in time or space) to the subject.

• this, that, these, those

This is my book. Those were my shoes. *** These days I'm stuying a lot.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• They refer back to a person or thing.

myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

• We them when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

I cut myself when I was making dinner last night. I hope you enjoy yourselves at the party tonight!

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (II)

• We can add a reflexive pronoun for emphasis when it's unusual or different.

He wants to pass his driving test so that he can drive himself to work.She broke her arm, so she couldn't wash herself very easily.

• We can use reflexive pronouns to emphasise that someone does it personally, not anybody else.

The door was definitely locked. I locked it myself.Are you redecorating your flat yourselves?

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (III)

• We can also use a reflexive pronoun together with the noun it refers to in order to emphasise it.

We talked to the manager herself, and she agreed to give us our money back.Parents themselves need to take more responsibility for their children's learning.