As you remember there are eight personal pronouns in English. Look at the picture.
PRONOUN OR
ADJECTIVE?
•A pronoun substitutes a noun or a whole noun phrase:
The house is red.
It is red.
•An adjective accompanies a noun in
a noun phrase:
John’s house is red.
His house is red.
SUBJECT
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
(Before verbs as subjects)
Ø Mary is terribly upset today.
She is terribly upset today.
She is terribly upset today.
Ø Tom’s house is red and white.
It is red and white.
It is red and white.
Ø Susan and Pete want to go to the party.
She wants to go to the party.
She wants to go to the party.
Ø Is Dad travelling to Cusco next week?
Is he travelling to Cusco next week?
Is he travelling to Cusco next week?
OBJECT PERSONAL PRONOUNS
(After verbs as objects)
ü I gave my husband a very nice surprise.
I gave him a very nice surprise.
I gave him a very nice surprise.
ü All the students did their exercises yesterday.
All the students did them yesterday.
All the students did them yesterday.
ü I will go to the party with Sam.
I will go to the party with him.
I will go to the party with him.
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS
(Not followed by a noun)
·
This house is Tom’s.
This house is his.
·
Whose car is this? It’s mine.
·
This is her idea.
This idea is hers.
More
examples:
-Look at
these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject =
My picture)
I like your
flowers. Do you like mine? (object
= my flower)
All the essays were good but his was
the best. (subject = his essay)
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PD. CLICK
on the link and do the exercises. Practice it as you need.
POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES
(Before the noun in
a noun phrase)
v is tom’s house.
It is his house.
v This is Susan’s car.
This is her car.
v Those are my parents’ keys.
Those are their keys.
PD. CLICK
on the link and do the exercises. Practice it as you need.
SO, LOOK AT
THIS CHART, AS YOU CAN SEE IS MORE EASY THAN YOU THINK:
DEMOSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
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