BAHASA INGRIS DASAR

THE SIXTH WEEK ASSIGNMENT

Royan Hisyam Rafliansyah

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Pronouns
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or
to a noun that does not need to be named specifically. Example,

 This is Mika. She’s a manager.

After the reader knows who we are talking about (in the example
above it is Mika), we can call the person we are talking about
using the right pronoun , in this case she .

Types of pronouns
 Personal pronouns
The first types of pronouns are Personal Pronouns. We
use personal pronouns to replace the names of people or
things. The name can be either subject or object. Subject
pronouns refer to the person who does the job or the verb ,
while object pronouns refer to the person who receives
the verb so that it comes after the verb or preposition . Example,

1. John teaches Sara. = He teaches her. (subject + verb +

object)
2. You work with me. (subject + verb + preposition + object)

List of personal pronouns:

SUBJECT OBJECT
I Me
You You
He Him
She Her
It It
We Us
They Them
 Other examples:

1.There’s Paul. Do you know him?

2.They can pick us up at 5 p.m.
3.These reports are for Sue. I must give them to her.
4.Can you give me a hand with this box? It’s heavy.
5.Tom is the CEO. I don’t think he knows me.
6.You’re having dinner with some clients tomorrow. They’re
meeting you at the restaurant.
 Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns indicate ownership of an object. They are
similar to possessive adjectives but not followed by a
noun. Example,

1. This cat is mine.

Mine is indicating possession, that the cat belongs to me.
Incidentally, this in the sentence is not a pronoun but
demonstrative adjective as it qualifies the noun cat. 

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

My Mine
Your Yours
His His
Her Hers
Our Ours
Your Yours
There Theirs

List of possessive pronouns:

Other examples:
1. This jacket is yours.
2. That’s Tom’s scarf and those gloves are his too.
3. Is that Sue and Paul’s car? – No, theirs is black.
4. Here’s your table and this one is ours.
5. Is this Anna’s bag? – Yes, it’s hers.
 6. They aren’t my glasses. Mine are brown.

 Reflexive pronouns

We use reflexive pronouns when the object in a sentence is the

same person as the subject. Example,
1. I taught myself to play the guitar. = I learned the guitar on my
own.
There are several verbs in English that are often used
with reflexive pronouns , including enjoy, cut, hurt, introduce,
teach, express, help, blame.
List of reflexive pronouns:
SUBJECT PRONOUN REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
I Myself
You Yourself
He Himself
She Herself
It Itself
Our Ourselves
You Yourselves
They Themselves

Other examples:

1. Have you hurt yourself?

2. Yes, I cut myself when I prepared the vegetables.
3. She blames herself for the accident, but it wasn’t anyone’s
fault.
4. The kids really enjoyed themselves at the park.
5. Would you all like to introduce yourselves?
6. He wants to teach themself to ski, but it’s better to have
lessons.
 Relative pronouns
When you want to combine phrases and refer to someone or
something, you can use relative pronouns .
 who -  for people
 which -  for objects
 that -  for people and things
 where -  for a place
Here are some examples:
1. This is the man who helped me yesterday.
2. An engineer is someone who designs machines.
3. There are many websites which can help you find a job.
4. This is the type of computer that I want.
5. A bakery is a place where you can buy bread.
6. Do you know a good university where I can study history?