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English Grammar - Personal pronouns, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronounsPersonal pronouns

Possessive determiners(adjectives) Possessive pronouns

as subject (nominative) as object(accusative and dative)

I

you

he

she

it

we

you

they

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me my mine

you your yours

him his his

her her hers

it its its

us our ours

you your yours

them their theirs

e.g.: We have got some books. The books are for us. These are our books. The books are ours.

(1) everything that a man or a boy has or possesses is ______ thing.

Conclusion:

(2) everything that a woman or a girl has possesses is _______ thing.

his

her(3) Everything that an animal or a thing has or possesses is ______ thingits

Tom loves his mother/father/cat/books (his = “su, sus de él)→→ Mary loves her mother/father/cat/books (her = su, sus de ella)

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3. A dog wags ____ tail when it is happy

(its = su, sus de él/ella [animal o cosa])4. A tree drops _____leaves in autumn

5. Mr Robinson, is that _____car? (= Sr. Robinsón ¿es ese su coche? "su" → de usted)→

its

its

your

Do you want to play with_______?

This is ______ball but it can also be yours.

me

my

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English Grammar - Personal pronouns, Possessive determiners, Possessive pronounsSubject Object____I live in Poland. The dog bit____.You sit over there. He loves _____.He wants to leave. Go with ______.She can speak French. I don’t like _____.It is cold outside. There’s nothing in_____.We are hungry. This gift is for _____. They don’t know. Is he angry at _______?

Possessive adjective Possessive pronounThis is my book. It’s _______!Your dog is very nice. Which is ________?His sister is named Julie This bag is _______.Which one is her house? The grey one is ______.The bottle is on its side.Welcome to our restaurant. The car in the driveway is ______.Their mother works at a bank. That’s not ________.

* Possessive adjectives must be followed by a noun, but possessive pronouns cannot be followed by a noun.

meyouhim

herit

usthem

mineyours

hishers

ourstheirs

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Personal pronouns & possessives Adjective

(a) Put the pronouns in brackets in the correct form (pronoun or possessive):

1.- Could you show _____________ ( I ) that ring, please?

2.- I can’t remember ____________ (she) name.

3.- When is _______________ (you) birthday?

4.- I don’t want to give ___________ (he) __________ ( I ) phone number.

5.- Andrew lost ___________ (he) book, and now __________ (he) says that ________ (I) is

_______ (he), but it isn’t true. This book isn’t _________ (he), it’s _________ . (I)

6.- ___________ (we) are both tall and dark. ___________ (we) look like ___________ (we) father.

7.- I like __________ (she) very much, and I know ___________ (she) likes _________ (I) too.

me

her

your

him my

his he

his

mine

minehis

We We our

her she me

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8.- Are these __________ (you) children? –Yes, and that little cat over there is also _________ (we).

9.- Could you give ___________ (she) these flowers? I think __________ (she) likes roses very much.

10.- They told ___________ (we) a ghost story. Do __________ (you) like ghost stories?

11.- What lovely T-shirts! Can ____ (I) try _________(they) on, please? How much are ________ (they).

12.- The dog walks in the garden with _________ (it) puppies, __________ (they) are black and white and __________ (they) ears are very small.

yourours

her she

us you

I them

they

its theytheir

SUMMARYSUMMARY

Personal pronouns Possessives Subject Object Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns [dO + iO] I me my mine

you you your yours

he him his his

she her her hers

it it its its

we us our ours

you you your yours

they them their theirs

GENERAL REVISION ON PRONOUNS, POSSESSIVES AND REFEXIVES

Reflexive myself

yourself

himself

herself

itself

ourselves

yourselves

themselves

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Reflexive Pronouns

Fill in the correct reflexive pronoun: myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - ourselves - yourselves – themselves [you can add ‘by’ if you think it’s necessary or sounds better]

1. Nobody can help me with the project, I have to do it ___________.

2. My little sister is always looking ____________ in the mirror.

3. James is a baby, he is too small to eat _____________ .

4. Mary, you don’t need to help the children to tidy the rooms, they can do it _______________.

5. My aunt Anne is a good dressmaker, she makes all her clothes ________________ .

6. My mother is very good at repairing things, last week she even repaired the car _____________.

7. We don’t need a gardener, we can do the garden ___________.

8. A cat doesn’t need to be taken for a walk, it does it ______________.

9. My grandparents say they don’t need our help with the meals, they can do it _____________.

10. When I moved to the new neighbourhood, I introduced _______________ to the neighbours .

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Reflexive Pronouns

Singular: myself - yourself - himself - herself - itselfPlural: ourselves - yourselves - themselves

We use a reflexive pronoun:

As a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:

I am teaching myself to play the piano.e.g.: Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself

The most common transitive verbs which can be used as direct object with reflexive pronoun are the following:

amuse blame cut dry enjoy help

hurt introduce kill prepare satisfy teach

Check the use of the reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object refer to the same person or thing.- I enjoyed myself at the opera.- You will kill yourself if you don’t give up smoking 30 cigarttes a day. - He bought a nice present for himself.- She accidentally cut herself while he was chopping some onions.- The cat is enjoying itself with a little ball. - We helped ourselves to the free drinks at the party.- You shouldn’t blame yourselves for the mess, it isn’t your fault. - They injured themselves during the football match last Sunday.

When “ability” is implied, we can also add ‘by’ to the reflexive pronouns: myself / yourself / himself / herself; ourselves / yourselves / themselves

by

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Reflexive Pronouns

1. (by) myself (with or without ‘by’)

2. herself (without ‘by’)

3. by himself (we need ‘by’*)

4. (by) yourself (with or without ‘by’)

5. herself (with or without ‘by’)

6. herself (with or without ‘by’)

7. ourselves (with or without ‘by’)

8. itself (with or without ‘by’)

9. themselves (with or without ‘by’)

10. myself (without ‘by’)

ANSWERS

* Look at the following!! With or without ‘by’?The baby girl eats by herself

The man eats himself

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Reciprocal Pronouns "each other." ‘each other’ is a reciprocal pronoun Not a reflexive!! We use the reciprocal pronoun each other when the action is between two subject (usually living subjects: people or animals)

[with some verbs we use the prepositions “with”, “to”, “against” ]

They love___________ They kiss__________

They hate_________

They play with____________They fight against_____________

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each other each other

They help____________each other

each other

each othereach other

.

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Write the reflexive “self” or the the reciprocal “each other”

(1) My selfish brother only thinks of ___________.

(2) Sara and Peter haven't met __________ for a long time.

(3) The pen friends often write e-mails to _________.

(4) My parents enjoyed ____________ very much at the concert.

(5) My mother repaired her car ___________.

(6) The twins helped ___________ with their homework.

(7) People often give __________ presents at Christmas.

(8) I bought ___________ a new computer.

(9) The teacher asked us if we had done compositions ____________?

(10) They looked at _____________ and smiled.

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ANSWERS

(1) My selfish brother only thinks of himself. (2) Sara and Peter haven't met each other for a long time.(3) The pen friends often write e-mails to each other.(4) My parents enjoyed themselves very much at the concert.(5) My mother repaired her car (by) herself.(6) The twins helped each other with their homework.(7) People often give each other presents at Christmas.(8) I bought myself a new computer.(9) The teacher asked us if we had done compositions (by) ourselves?(10) They looked at each other and smiled.

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