Pronouns

vKinds of pronouns
1. Personal pronouns – đại từ nhân xưng
Subject
Form
Object

Subject Object Possessive Possessive Reflexive/

pronouns adj emphatic pronouns
I me mine my myself
YOU you yours your yourself
WE us ours our ourselves
THEY them theirs their themselves
HE him his his himself
SHE her hers her herself
IT it its itself

2. Possessive pronouns – đại từ sở hữu

• Possessive pronouns = possessive adj + noun
Ex: Can I borrow your keys? I can’t find mine
• Can be use before the noun it replaces
Ex: Ours is the third house on the left
• Not use article before possessive pronouns
Ex: Tom is a friend of mine

3. Reflexive and emphatic pronouns – đại từ phản thân và nhấn

mạnh
• By + oneself = alone, without help
Ex: He likes living by himself

4. Relative pronouns – đại từ liên hệ

• Who, whose, which, whom, that
5. Indefinite pronouns – đại từ bất định
• Some, any, none
• Something, so, sb, anything, nobody, everyone, …

6. Distributive pronouns – đại từ phân bổ

• All, most, each, both, either, neither

7. Reciprocal pronouns – đại từ hỗ tương

• Each other/ one another

8. Demonstrative pronouns – đại từ chỉ định

• This, that, these, those
o Can stand alone or combine with one/ ones when have choice or
comparison
Ex: This one looks the nicest
o + of + possessive pronouns
Ex: this boy of yours
o This/ that + singular noun
o These/ those + plural noun
• This/ these • That/ those
o Points to objects at a close distance o Points to objects at a far distance
o Interview so o When identifying so
o Points to sth going to happen

9. Interrogative pronouns – đại từ nghi vấn

• Who, whose, which, whom, what
• What:
o What … for? => reason/ purpose
o What be … like? => character of people/ thing
o How be a thing ...? => describe thing
o What does he/ she/ it… look like? => appearance
o What/ how about V_ing …? => suggestion
• Which
o Which of pronoun
o Which of + determiner + noun