UNIT: 16
PRONUNS AND POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
Form: I/ you/ he/ she/ it/ we/ they
Use: The subject of a verb
Example: They built the first aeroplane.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, but he did it by mistake.
OBJECT PRONOUNS
Form: me/ you/ him/ her/ it/ us/ them
Use: The object of a verb
Example: Could you give me that equipment?
Could you give that equipment to me?
POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
Form: my/ your/ his/ her/ its/ our/ their
Use: to show who owns or has something
Example: That’s their car
Helpful hints: Possessive determiners are always followed by a noun. (Is this my coffee?)
Watch out: Its and it’s do not mean the same thing.
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Here’s the dog’s water and here’s its food. (= the dog’s food)
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It’s the best camera I’ve ever had. (= It is …)
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Form: mine/ yours/ his/ hers/ ours/ theirs
Use: To show who owns or has something
Example: That car is ours.
Helpful hint: Possessive pronouns are not followed by a noun. (This is hers car.)
Watch out: There is no possessive pronoun for it.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Form: myself/ yourself/ himself/ herself/ itself/ ourselves/ yourselves/ themselves
Use: - To describe actions where the subject and object are the same.
- To emphasize who does something.
Example: My computer turns itself off after half an hour
Nobody helped me. I did it myself.
A. Complete using the words in the box. You have to use some words more than once.
I you he she it we they
1. …………………… asked Mr. Simons, my science teacher, what glass was and ……………
said that …………….. is a liquid.
2. Hi Diana! Are …………………. still coming shopping with us tomorrow?
3. My mum studied history at university. ……….. says…………was a really interesting course.
4. Scientists are working hard to find cures for lots of diseases, but ……………. haven’t found a
cure for the common cold yet.
5. Adam, do …………… think …………… should all bring some food with us to our party?