The pronouns and phrasal verbs.

Giving and receiving presents.

Pronouns are the words we use to talk about people and things in place of the
actual nouns.
Pronoun is doing the action
The object pronoun is receiving the action
Possessive adjectives talks about ownership possessive pronoun also talks about
ownership but it's a noun and reflexive pronoun.

The subject
I me my mine myself
He him his his himself
She her her hers herself
It it it's it itself
You you your yours yourself
We us our ours ourselves
They them their theirs themselves

Remember subject pronouns are the ones doing the action, so usually they are the
most important part of the sentence. They are the focus of the sentence.
Examples of subject pronouns:
She gave him a present.
I am giving you a gift.
They give you presents on your birthday.
We have a present for you.
It is a gift for you.
You are buying a CD Player for your sister.

Object pronouns
Object pronouns are the receiver of the action of the verb.
She saw him.
Did you buy this for me?
The teacher taught her.
I bought it for you.
They will give you a present on your birthday.
The school gave us a book.
We gave them some money.

Possessive adjectives
Remember a possessive adjective must be followed by a noun. The noun it
describes.
This is my book.
His pen is on the table.
Her book is red.
Its name is Fluffy.
What is your name?
Our teacher gave us some homework.
Their children like presents.

Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns are like possessive adjectives except they don't need a noun
after.
Talking about ownership.
This is mine. so instead of saying “This is my pen”.
If we already know what we're talking about we can say- “This is mine”.
That's hers.
Where is yours?
These are ours.
These books are theirs.

Mix group - Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject.
I bought myself a new car.
He went by himself.
She made it herself.
It opened by itself.
Did you make this by yourself?
You must do this yourselves.
We made these ourselves.
They bought this themselves.

Possessive pronouns these are new to you, so we need to practice them.

Follow these examples
Your book is red. Mine is blue.
I saw your book, but I lost mine.
This is my book.
Yours (your book) is on the table.
Those are my books.
Yours (your books) are on the table.

look and listen

Which ones are yours?
The red ones or the green ones?
Mine are the green ones and yours are the red ones.
I think these gloves are his. Those are hers.
No, these gloves are hers and those gloves are his.
Our new house is very nice.
Ours is nice, too.
I love your new car!
Theirs is beautiful, too.

direct and indirect objects

We saw him.
I like presents.
My mother loves me.
We gave a party.

Let's look at the different parts of speech in these sentences

We = subject
saw = verb
him = object

I like presence.
I = subject
like = verb
presents = direct object

My mother loves me.

A sentence with both a direct object and an indirect objects.

I gave a present to my mother.
I = Subj
Gave =verb
a present = direct object
my mother = indirect object
I lent ten dollars to my friend
I = Sub
Lend = verb
ten dollars = direct obj
my friend = indirect obj

My pen / Anna / I gave

I gave my pen to Anna.
I gave Anna my pen.

Our teacher / a postcard / Maria sent

Maria sent a postcard to our teacher.
Maria sent our teacher a postcard.

look and listen

Silvia wrote a long letter to her boyfriend.
Anna gave a nice present to her sister.
Alberto lent his sister 20 euros.
Our teacher passed the student her pen.
The student passed mine to the teacher.

Let's practice some more with pronouns.

Which one is ___ (you)?
The red one or the green one.
Which one is yours?
___(she) looked at ___ (she) in the mirror.
She looked at herself in the mirror.

I think this one is __ (you).

That one is __ (I).
I think this one is yours.
That one is mine.

I made this ___ (I).

Do ___ (you) want some?
I made this myself.
Do you want some?

look and listen

She looked at herself in the mirror.
Which ones are yours?
My sister bought me a CD for my birthday.
Their family gave them some money for their birthdays.
I gave her some CDs and some chocolates.

We are going to look at some special verbs. We call them phrasal verbs and
native speakers use them a lot when speaking.

switch on
switch off
turn up
turn down
hand in
hand out
give up
turn over
hang up
get up

Notice that we use prepositions with these verbs. phrasal verbs are special because
you can't usually find them in a dictionary and they can sometimes change their
meaning when we use them in different sentences or when we talk about different
situations.

Hang up your coat.

means put it in your closet or put it on the coat stand.
Hang up the phone.
mean finish your phone call and put the phone back on the receiver

Like normal verbs we use phrasal verbs with different tenses by changing the verb
part.
He is hanging up his coat.
I hung up the phone when I finished my call.

Switch on the light, it's very dark in here.

When you go to bed don't forget to switch off the light.
Turn up the TV please. I can't hear it.
Turn down the music it's loud.
The teacher handed out some books to the students.
Hand in your homework to the teacher when you finish it.
Switch on the light, it's very dark in here.
We switch on to talk about starting machines or things that use electricity, we can
also say Turn on. It means the same as Switch on the light.

look and listen

Turn off the TV when you go to bed.
Switch on the TV please.
Turn down the radio. It's too noisy.
Switch off the computer when you finish.
Hand in your report tomorrow.

listen and right

Anna gave her brother a birthday card.

My mother gave me a shirt for my birthday.
What did your parents buy you for your graduation present?
My manager gave me a new car.
He gave her some red flowers because he loves her.
Can you lend me 20 euros?
I lent you 10 euros last month.
I want to tell you a sad story.
Anna showed her new photos to her friends.
My best friend gave me a book and a CD.

read the story and answer the questions about it

It was my friend Mike's birthday last month, so we decided to give him a surprise
birthday party in his favorite bar. All his friends came to the bar, but we didn't tell
Mike anything about the party. I told him to meet me at the bar because we were
going out for a meal together somewhere. When he got to the bar he was very
pleased and surprised because he found out that all his friends were there waiting
for him. They gave him lots of presents including books, CDs, a watch and a
cigarette lighter. We also gave him a big birthday cake with his name on it and 25
candles because he was 25 years old. We sang ‘Happy birthday’, and everyone had
a very good time. After he cut the cake we all told him happy birthday and the
party continued all night. There was music and lots of food and drinks for
everybody. Mike was very happy. He told us it is Susan's birthday soon. She will
be 26 years old. We can have another party next month.
answer these questions about the story
Who had a birthday last month? It was Mike's birthday last month.
What did we do for his birthday? You gave him a surprise birthday party.
What did I plan with Mike? Mike could meet you at the bar.
What did his friends give him? His friends gave him some books, CDs, a watch
and a cigarette lighter.
How many candles were on his birthday cake? There were 25 candles on his
birthday cake.
Did everybody have a good time? Yes, everybody had a good time.
What did we sing to him? You sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him.
Why was Mike happy? Mike was happy because everybody came to his birthday
party.
How old will Susan be next month? Susan will be 26 years old next month.
What did Mike tell us about next month? We will have another surprise birthday
party next month.

see you next time