Pronouns and Posessive Determiners

Pronouns and possessive determiners. Teacher: daria ishchenko

1. Subject and Object Pronouns. These pronouns replace nouns that act as the subject (the one doing the action) or the object (the one receiving the action) in a sentence. Subject Pronoun. Object Pronoun. Example. Ime. I called him, and he called me. Youyou. You look great! I'll help you. Hehim. He is nice. I like him. Sheher. She is smart. Listen to her. Itit. It is broken. Don't touch it. Weus. We won! They cheered for us. Theythem. They arrived late. I met them.

2. Possessive Determiners vs. Possessive Pronouns. This is where most learners get confused. The rule is simple: Possessive Determiners MUST be followed by a noun (e.g., my car). Possessive Pronouns replace the "Determiner + Noun" (e.g., mine). Possessive Determiner (+ Noun)Possessive Pronoun (No Noun)Example. My. Mine. This is my book. This book is mine. Your. Yours. Is this your pen? Is this yours?His. His. It is his coat. It is his. Her. Hers. That is her bag. That is hers. Its(Rarely used)The dog wagged its tail. Our. Ours. It is our house. It is ours. Their. Theirs. It is their car. It is theirs.

3. Reflexive Pronouns. We use these when the subject and the object are the same person. I cut myself while cooking. He taught himself how to play the guitar. List: myself, yourself (singular), himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves (plural), themselves.

4. Key Differences to Remember. Its vs. It's. Its (no apostrophe): Possessive determiner. (The cat drank its milk.)It's (with apostrophe): Short for "it is" or "it has". (I think it's raining.)Their vs. There vs. They're. Their: Possession (It is their house.)There: Location (Go over there.)They're: Short for "they are". (* They're very happy.*)

English Name. Українська назва. Приклади (English)Subject Pronouns. Особові займенники (підмет)I, you, he, she, we, they. Object Pronouns. Особові займенники (додаток)me, you, him, her, us, them. Possessive Determiners. Присвійні прикметники (детермінативи)my, your, his, her, our, their. Possessive Pronouns. Присвійні займенникиmine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs. Reflexive Pronouns. Зворотні займенникиmyself, yourself, himself, themselves. Demonstrative Pronouns. Вказівні займенникиthis, that, these, those. Interrogative Pronouns. Питальні займенникиwho, whom, whose, which, what. Relative Pronouns. Відносні займенникиwho, which, that, whose. Indefinite Pronouns. Неозначені займенникиsomeone, anybody, everything, none

EXERCISES

Hometask: Learns groups of pronouns by heart. Do the tasks in your copybooks

Ex.1 Fill in the correct personal pronouns.1. Who is that woman? Why are you looking at ______?2. Do you know that man? I work with ______.3. I’m talking to you. Please listen to ______.4. These books are interesting. Do you want to look at ______?5. He likes that camera. He’s going to buy ______.6. Where are the tickets? I can’t find ______.

Ex.2 Fill in the correct possessive pronouns.1. This book belongs to me. This is ______book.2. The man put______ hand into pocket.3. The cat ate______ food.4. She took out______ purse and gave it to me.5. My husband never wears______ glasses.6. This is their car. That other car is______ too.=

Ex.3. Fill in the correct reflexive pronouns.1. What will you do with______ this morning?2. They were whispering among ______.3. We should seldom speak of ______.4. I drive the car ______.5. Did you see the manager ______?6. I often walk by ______.

Ex.4 Fill in the correct demonstrative pronouns.1. Which flowers do you want? ______or ______?2. Excuse me, is______ your bag?3. They talked about ______and ______.4. Which shoes do you like most? ______or ______?5. ______’s why they accepted his proposal.6. ______is Ann speaking.