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?