ALD7 House R045 Articles_Pronoun.

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Pronouns
Personal pronouns Possessive adjectives

Pronouns
subject object
and possessive pronouns
I me possessive possessive
you you adjectives pronouns
he him my mine
she her your yours
it it his his
we us her hers
you you its ——
they them our ours
personal pronouns replace nouns: your yours
j Silvia is from Argentina. She’s a student. their theirs
I met her in Madrid. possessive adjectives agree with the owner,
not the possession:
Subject pronouns
j She went with her husband.
subject pronouns are used mainly j He was playing with his children.
as subjects before verbs:
Possessive pronouns are used without a follow-
j I live in Valencia.
ing noun. No article is used with them:
j They are leaving tomorrow.
j This is my mobile. Where’s yours?

Object pronouns N We do not say a my friend but

object pronouns are used in most other cases: a friend of mine:
j My mother told me that my new French teacher
䡵 after the verb to be:
is a friend of hers.
j Who’s there? It’s me.

䡵 in comparisons:

j She’s taller than him. Demonstrative adjectives

䡵 after prepositions: and pronouns
j They got there before us.
This and these are used with or without
䡵 when they stand alone:
nouns to talk about things that are close to the
j ‘Who came first?’ ‘Me!’
speaker. They are usually used with nouns
when talking about people:
Reflexive pronouns j This boy is looking for his parents.
j This tastes delicious.
myself ourselves j These shoes are too tight.
yourself yourselves j What do you think of these?
himself themselves
herself That and those are used with or without nouns
itself to talk about things that are further away from
the speaker. They are usually used with nouns
reflexive pronouns are used: when talking about people:
䡵 when you do something to yourself: j Who’s that man?
j He hurt himself when he fell over. j That smells terrible.
j Look at yourself in the mirror. j I love those shoes you’re wearing.
j I’d rather have those than these.
N Many reflexive verbs do not have
the idea of doing something to yourself: They can also be used without nouns
j Did you enjoy yourself? when you are identifying people:
j Behave yourself! j These are my children, Tom and Jenny.

䡵 for emphasis: j ‘Hello, is that Sam?’ ‘This is Alex.’

j I made it myself.
j She told me the news herself.