Personal pronouns

What are Personal Pronouns?

A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun.

We use pronouns like ”he”, ”her”, ”us”, ”them”,... to make our sentences less repetitive and less

cumbersome.

Mary is my sister She is my sister

Ann told Robert that Robert was her best

friend.

Ann told Robert that Robert was her best

friend.

She told him thathe was her best friend.

Personal Pronoun: Classification

We can classify personal pronouns into several types.

We are going to study some of them. These ones are...

Subjective Personal Pronouns. Objective Personal Pronouns. Possessive Personal Pronouns. Reflexive Pronouns.

But there are more!

Subjective Personal Pronouns.

A Subjective Personal Pronoun indicates us the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.

I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they

She is a teacher. We are the champions.

Objective Personal Pronouns.

An Objective Personal Pronoun indicates us the pronoun is acting as an object.

me / you / him / her / it / us / you / them

Charles told him the truth.

She bought them a lot of food.

Possessive Personal Pronouns.

A Possessive Personal Pronoun indicates us the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and

defines who is the owner.

mine / yours / his / hers / its / ours / yours / theirs

This car is mine.

Reflexive Personal Pronouns.

A Reflexive Personal Pronoun is used to refer back the action to the subject of the sentence.

myself / yourself / himself / herself / itself / ourselves / yourselves / themselves

Mary looked at herself in the mirror.

NOW SOMEACTIVITIES

She burnt _______

1.- hers2.- herself3.- ourselves

She loves _______

1.- him2.- himself3.- he

Give _____ back my pencil!

1.- them2.- yours3.- me

____ are my teachers.

1.- He2.- They3.- She

This is your dog. It's ____

1.- yours2.- hers3.- you

Ron and you bought _____ a car.

1.- mine2.- yourselves3.- yours

Mary is my sister. ____ is 10.

1.- He2.- She3.- They

They made ____ a coffee.

1.- themselves2.- theirs3.- I

This suit is ____

1.- me2.- I3.- his

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