Pronouns

There are several types of pronouns: subjective,objective, possessive adjectives, and possessive pronuouns. Read the following
explanation.
Subject objective Possesive adjective Possesive pronoun
I Me My Mine
You You You Yours
He Him His His
She Her Her Hers
We Us Our Ours
They Them Their Theirs
It It Its Its

1. Subject pronouns are the subjects of sentence:

I,You, He, She,We,They,It
Read the following sentence. Pay attantion to the underline word as example of subject of objective
pronuons.
 I have a three dogs
 You like to have many pen pals
 He studies in elementary school
2. Objective pronoun are the object of a sentence:
ME. YOU, HIM. HER, US, THE,IT
Read the following sentence. Pay attantion to the underline word as example of objective pronuons.
 I know caroline. She introduce Me to you via email
 My brother is an elementary school student. Sometimes I accompany Him to go to school
3. Possesives adjective are word that can indicate possession. Possesive adjectives are used with noun
My
You
His
Her + Noun
Our
Their
Its
Read the following sentence. Pay attantion to the underline word as example of possessive
adjectives. The possessive asjectives modify the nouns to show the possession. The words in italics
are a noun
 I have a pen pal. My pen pal is very kind.
 You have three dogs. Your dogs need a lot of attention.
 He studies in an elementary school. His school is not far.
 She loves reading books. Her books are in that cupboard.
4. Possessive pronouns also show the possession but possessive pronoun are not followed by nouns.
Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Ours, Theirs, It
Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underline word as an example of possessive pronouns
 This is my book. This book is mine.
 These are your dog. These dogs are yours.
 His school is far from here. His is far.
 Her book is interesting. Hers is interesting.
 Their family business is good. Theirs is good.

Based on the explanation above answer the following questions. Fill in the blanks with the right words
A. Subjective Pronouns:
1. (Me/I) come to Yogyakarta every month.
2. (His/He) spends the weekend playing guitar.
3. (They/Them) told me that they sent e-mail to each other every day.
4. (we/ours) plan to visit Thailand next year.
5. (We/It) can climb Bromo Mountain together on July.
B. Objective Pronouns:
1. I am going to introduce (she/her) to one of my pen pals in Malaysia.
2. Lolita told (we/me) that she wanted to send a birthday gift to her pen pal in
Papua.
3. My friends and I have regular meetings with pen pal seeker group. You can
join (it/its) anytime.
C. Possessive Adjectives:
1. I am going to wash hand. (my/me)
2. Do you like pen pals? (you/your)
3. hobby is reading the biography of famous people. (He / His).
D. Mixed ( pronouns and possessive adjectives)
1. sofia told ………..(I/Me) that you like more pan pals from Netherlands.
2. I have several pan pals from Netherlands. I write to ……..(they/them) via email every
week
3. Allian often tells Hannah about her rehearsal ……..( she/her) join a choir club in her
school