PRONOUNS

OBJECT PRONOUNS SUBJECT PRONOUNS

Me Us I We

You You You You

Him/Her/It Them He/she/it They

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Mine Ours My Our

Yours Yours Your Your

His/Hers/Its Theirs His/Hers/Its Their

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Myself Ourselves Who/Whom/Whose

Yourself Yourselves Which/That

Himself/Herself/ Themselves

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Everybody somebody anybody nobody who people + household animals

Everyone someone anyone no one whom people + household animals

Everything something anything nothing which things

That all nouns

Whose all nouns

Uso de los pronombres

Tomado de NTC´S PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL. Test of

english as foreign language. 1997. Traducido del inglés al español de Colombia por Boris Mauricio
Sierra Velásquez profesional de Gestión del conocimiento e investigación de la OEI
SUBJECT PRONOUNS

Es usado en inglés:

1. Cuando es el sujeto de la oración, ejemplo: She went to Los Angeles.

2. Después del verbo to be, ejemplo: It is he in the picture.
3. Cuando los sujetos de dos oraciones son comparados, ejemplo: We are better
than they are at baseball.
4. Después de la palabra “as” y “that”, ejemplo: They say that she controls me; He
is not as resourceful as she is.

OBJECT PRONOUNS

Es usado en inglés:

1. Cuando es objeto directo de la oración, ejemplo: She gave him her card, we saw
her in class.
2. Cuando los objetos de dos frases se están comparando, ejemplo: She worries
about you more than him, the office staff helped you more tan they helped me.
3. Después de preposiciones, ejemplo: Mauricio studies english with us.

EXERCISE
Corrige los pronombres en las oraciones, si es necesario.
1. Could you please explain this excercise to her.
2. Jhon sat between helena and I.
3. She went with they to the movies.
4. He understand her better than him.
5. Between you and I, I did not like the food.

Tomado de NTC´S PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL. Test of

english as foreign language. 1997. Traducido del inglés al español de Colombia por Boris Mauricio
Sierra Velásquez profesional de Gestión del conocimiento e investigación de la OEI
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Es usado en inglés:

1. Para indicar pertenencia, ejemplo: Look my pictures, He left his book on the
table.
2. Refiriéndose a partes del cuerpo, ejemplo: He broke his leg yesterday, she
raised her hand.
3. Para modificar un gerundio o antes de una palabra en inglés que termina en
“ing”, ejemplo: The teacher was irritated at my whispering in class, we were
surprised at her going on a trip alone.

EXERCISE

Escribe en el espacio en blanco el adjetivo posesivo correcto en inglés.

1. She loves …….. dog.

2. The dog wags ……… tail when its happy.
3. The boys are playing with ……. Toy cars.
4. We have several tres in ……. Garden.
5. He was very nice and I appreciated …….. calling me.
6. I have had ……. dinner.
7. Her mother is very warm and I loved ……. Cooking.
8. I know Bob. He was ……… classmate at collage.

Tomado de NTC´S PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL. Test of

english as foreign language. 1997. Traducido del inglés al español de Colombia por Boris Mauricio
Sierra Velásquez profesional de Gestión del conocimiento e investigación de la OEI