Pronoun

P R O N O U N

	Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
1st Person	I	Me	My	Mine
2nd Person	You	You	Your	Yours
3rd Person (male)	He	Him	His	His
3rd Person (female)	She	Her	Her	Hers
3rd Person	It	It	Its	(not used)
1st Person (plural)	We	Us	Our	Ours
2nd Person (plural)	You	You	Your	Yours
3rd Person (plural)	They	Them	Their	Theirs

Subject Pronoun and Object Pronoun
Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	A Pronoun has the same meaning as a noun. In (q) : he has the same meaning as Tony. In (r) : him has the same meaning as Tony. In grammar, we say that a pronoun “refers to” a noun. The pronouns he and him refer to noun Tony. Sometimes a pronoun refers to a “noun phrase”. In (s) : it refers to the whole phrase a red book.
(a)    I speak English (b)   You speak English (c)    He speak English (d)   She speak English (e)    It starts at 8:00 (f)    We speak English (g)   You speak English (h)   They speak English	(i)     Bob knows me (j)     Bob knows you (k)   Bob knows him (l)     Bob knows her (m) Bob knows it (n)   Bob talks to us (o)   Bob talks to you (p)   Bob talks to them
(q)   I know Tony. He is a friendly person (r)     I like Tony. I know him well (s)    I have a read book. It is on my desk

Possessive Adjective and Possessive Pronoun
	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun	A possessive adjective is used in front of a noun : my book. A possessive pronoun is used alone, without a noun following it, as in (c).
(a)    This book belongs to me. It is my book. It is mine. (b)   That book belongs to you. It is your book. It is yours. (c)    That book is mine Incorrect : this is mine book.	My Your His Her Its Our Your Their	Mine Yours His Hers (not used) Ours Yours Theirs

Exercise : Sentence practice

Direction : Complete the sentences. Use pronouns (I, me, he, him, etc)

1.      John loves Mary .He loves her very much.

2.      Mary loves John. ________ loves ________ very much.

3.      Mary and John love their daughter, Anna. ________ love ________ very much.

4.      Mary and John love their son, Tom. ________ love _______ very much.

5.      Tom loves his little sister, Anna. _______ loves _______ very much.

6.      Mary loves her children. _______ loves _______ very much.

7.      John loves his children. _______ loves _______ very much.

8.      Mary and John love Tom and Anna. _______ love _______ very much.

9.      Rita has a book. _______ bought _______ last week.

10.  I know the new students, but tony doesn’t know ________ yet.

11.  I wrote a letter, but I can’t send _______ because I don’t have a stamp.

12.  Tom is in Canada. ________ is studying at a university.

13.  Bill lives in my dorm. I eat breakfast with _______ every morning.

14.  Ann is my neighbor. I talk to _______ every day. ______ and _______ have interesting conversations.

15.  I have two pictures on my bedroom wall. I like _______. _______ are beautiful.

16.  Ann and I have a dinner invitation. Mr. and Mrs. Brown want ________ to come to dinner at ________ house.

17.  Judy has a new car. _______ is a Ford.

18.  My husband and I have a new car. ________ got ________ last month.

Exercise : Sentence practice

Direction : Complete the sentences. Use possessive adjective or possessive pronoun. (your, her, mine, theirs, our, etc)

1.      Is this your pen?

2.      Please give this book to John. It’s ________

3.      A : don’t forget ________ hat. Here.

B : no, that’s not ________ hat. ________ is green.

4.      A : please take this wood carving as a gift from me. Here. It’s ________

B : thank you. You’re very thoughtful.

5.      A : isn’t that the Smith’s car? That one over there. The blue one.

B : no, that’s not ________. ________ car is red.

6.      A : Abdul and I really like ________ new apartment. It has lots of space.

How do you like ________ ?

B : ________ is small, but it’s comfortable.

7.      A : excuse me. Is this ________ umbrella?

B : I don’t have an umbrella. Ask Ken. Perhaps it’s ________

8.      A : when do _______ classes begin?

B : September second. How about _________ ? when do ________ begin?

A : ________ begin august twenty-ninth

9.      A: Maria, ________ spaghetti sauce is delicious!

B : thank you, but it’s not as good as ________

A :oh no. ________ is much better! It tastes just as good as Anna’s.

B : Do you like Anna’s spaghetti sauce? I  think ________ is too salty.

A : maybe. ________ husband makes good spaghetti sauce too. ________ is thick and rich

B :  making spaghetti sauce is easy, but everyone’s sauce is just a little different.