English pronouns

English pronouns

Personal Pronouns

I yOU sHE hE iT wE tHEY iTS ME yOU hIM hER iT uS you Them

We use subject pronouns as the subject of a verb: I like your dress.You are late.He is my friend. We use object pronouns as the object of a verb: Can you help me, please? I can see you. She doesn't like him. I saw her in town today. After prepositions: She is waiting for me.I'll get it for you.Give it to him. Why are you looking at her? he, she and they. We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a man or a woman, we use they/them: This is Jack. He's my brother. I you and they. We use you to talk about people in general, including the speaker and the hearer: You can buy this book everywhere. = This book is on sale everywhere. We use they/them to talk about institutions and organisations:They serve good food here. (they = the restaurant) it. We use it to talk about ourselves. On the telephone:Hello. It's George.When other people cannot see us: It's me. It's Mary.

Demontrative pronouns

This THAT THOSE THESE

The four English demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those. They are used to highlight something that was previously mentioned or that is clear from the context. Demonstrative pronouns “demonstrate” something; using them is the verbal equivalent of pointing at something or someone. They draw attention to the thing or person you’re referring to. Examples Singular This is my friend Jamie. I don’t know about that. Let’s discuss it tomorrow. Plural I like all kinds of chocolates, but these are my favorites. Those are my notebooks on the desk.

Reflexive Pronouns

MYSELF TOURSELF HIMSELF HERSELF OURSELVES YOURSELVES ITSELVES

They refer back to a person or thing. We often use reflexive pronouns 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! 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. We can use reflexive pronouns to emphasise that someone does it personally, not anybody else. The door was definitely locked. I locked it myself. 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. We can use by + reflexive pronoun to mean alone. He usually goes on holiday by himself.

Possesive Pronouns

Mine Yours His Hers Yours Ours Theirs

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. (INSTEAD OF No, it's [my car]). 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.)

Possesive adjectives

My Your His Her Its Yours OursTheirs

We use possessive adjectives: to show something belongs to somebody: That's our house.My car is very old. for relations and friends: My mother is a doctor. How old is your sister? for parts of the body: He's broken his arm. Be careful! The possessive adjective its does not have an apostrophe ('): That bird has broken its (NOT it's) wing. (it's always means it is or it has.)