Hi everyone! Welcome to today's lesson on English personal pronouns. Personal pronouns are tiny words like I, you, he, she, it, we, and they that replace nouns to make our sentences flow better. Today we'll master all types of pronouns and tackle some challenging questions together!
Subject pronouns are the actors in our sentences. They perform the action and always come before the main verb. We have I for first person singular, you for second person both singular and plural, he, she, or it for third person singular, we for first person plural, and they for third person plural. For example, in the sentence 'I play soccer', the pronoun 'I' is the subject performing the action.
Object pronouns are the receivers of action in sentences. They come after verbs or prepositions. Notice how they're different from subject pronouns: I becomes me, he becomes him, she becomes her, we becomes us, and they becomes them. You stays the same, and it remains it. In the sentence 'She called me', the pronoun 'me' is the object receiving the action of being called.
Possessive pronouns show ownership and stand alone without needing a noun after them. They replace possessive adjectives plus nouns. For example, instead of saying 'my book', we can say 'mine'. Notice the patterns: my becomes mine, your becomes yours, her becomes hers, our becomes ours, and their becomes theirs. His and its stay the same in both forms.
Reflexive pronouns end in -self for singular or -selves for plural. They refer back to the subject of the sentence. We use them when the subject and object are the same person or thing. They also add emphasis, like 'I did it myself', or combine with 'by' to mean alone, as in 'she lives by herself'. Remember: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.
Now let's test your knowledge with some challenging questions! Take your time to think about each one. Question 1 tests object pronouns after prepositions. Question 2 checks compound subjects and objects. Question 3 focuses on possessive pronouns. Question 4 examines reflexive pronouns with animals. And question 5 is about compound subjects. The answers are: 1.b me, 2.b is incorrect, 3.b mine, 4.c itself, and 5.b He and I. Great job practicing pronouns today!
Subject pronouns are the actors in our sentences. They perform the action and always come before the main verb. We have I for first person singular, you for second person both singular and plural, he, she, or it for third person singular, we for first person plural, and they for third person plural. For example, in the sentence 'I play soccer', the pronoun 'I' is the subject performing the action.
Object pronouns are the receivers of action in sentences. They come after verbs or prepositions. Notice how they're different from subject pronouns: I becomes me, he becomes him, she becomes her, we becomes us, and they becomes them. You stays the same, and it remains it. In the sentence 'She called me', the pronoun 'me' is the object receiving the action of being called.
Possessive pronouns show ownership and stand alone without needing a noun after them. They replace possessive adjectives plus nouns. For example, instead of saying 'my book', we can say 'mine'. Notice the patterns: my becomes mine, your becomes yours, her becomes hers, our becomes ours, and their becomes theirs. His and its stay the same in both forms.
Now let's test your knowledge with some challenging questions! Take your time to think about each one. Question 1 tests object pronouns after prepositions. Question 2 checks compound subjects and objects. Question 3 focuses on possessive pronouns. Question 4 examines reflexive pronouns with animals. And question 5 is about compound subjects. The answers are: 1.b me, 2.b is incorrect, 3.b mine, 4.c itself, and 5.b He and I. Great job practicing pronouns today!