PRONOUNS

YENI DANIARTI, M.PD| GENERAL ENGLISH

THE WORDS THAT STAND INSTEAD OF NOUNS
ARE CALLED PRONOUNS

 KINDS OF PRONOUNS  PERSONAL PRONOUNS

 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
 DEMONSTATIVE PRONOUNS
A. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
A. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES:
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : I Like cookies
OBJECT PRONOUN : My mother taught me
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : Do you like travelling?
OBJECT PRONOUN : I will help you.
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : He came late
OBJECT PRONOUN : Should I tell him?
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : She is beautiful.
OBJECT PRONOUN : I usually go with her
A. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES:
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : It doesn’t work
OBJECT PRONOUN : Can the mechanic repair it ?
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : We will leave tomorrow
OBJECT PRONOUN : Chandra will guide us.
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : Do you need a table for two?
OBJECT PRONOUN : Did sigit and Chandra beat you at doubles?
❖ SUBJECT PRONOUN : They played doubles.
OBJECT PRONOUN : Sigit and Chandra beat them
B. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
 B. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES:
❖ Don’t take the book on the desk. The book is mine.
My book is interesting ( possessive adjective)
❖ I looked everywhere for your pen. I found Tiara’s, but I couldn’t find yours.
Your pen is important to you. (possessive adjective)
❖ All the reports are good. But his was the best
His report was the best. (possessive adjective)
❖ Linda found her purse, but Ratih couldn’t find hers
Her purse was expensive (possessive adjective)
B. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES:
❖ Your food is delicious. Ours is terrible.
Our food is terrible. (possessive adjective)
❖ I don’t like this family’s garden, but like yours.
Your garden is awesome. (possesive adjective)
❖ Adi and Reza don’t like your motorbike. Do you like theirs?
Their motorbikes are impressive. (possessive adjective)
C. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
C. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
EXAMPLES:
➢ I saw myself in the mirror
➢ You can finish it by yourself
➢ Fathir sent himself a copy
➢ Maya sent herself a letter
➢ My cat hurt itself
➢ We can do it ourselves
➢ Can you help yourselves?
➢ They cannot look after themselves.
Let’s sing a song!!! :D

Personal • Personal Pronouns

Possessive • Possessive Pronouns

Reflexive • Reflexive Pronouns

 EXERCISE 1. Choose the correct pronouns
1) There are a lot of students outside. (they/them) are playingt basketball
2) My friend usually goes to Sukabumi on Holidays.(he/his) can’t be at home
now.
3) Where is my book? I’ve been looking for (him/it) all over the class
4) Their little girl is smilling at me. (she/her) looks funny.
5) I have just bought a new house. Woud you like to see (it/its)
6) They allways wash (their/them) hands and dry (their/them) with a towel.
7) Yesterday Mirna told me to wait for (she/her). Where is (she/her) now?
8) An old man asked my friend and (I/me) what time it was.
9) (we/us) all went with (themselves/them)
10) There are five cars parked here. Which one is (your/yours)
EXERCISE 2. Choose the correct possesive pronouns
1) I don’t know who is the owner of that car, isn’t it....(your/yours)
2) Nobody believes that this restaurant is...(mine/me)
3) Sally keeps her money at home and the teachers keep... (them/theirs) in a
bank
4) Sahril is actually an old friend of..(mine/me)
5) We are going to Singapore to stay with a friend of ...(our/ours)
6) I found my notebook, but Delia couldn’t find.... (her/hers)
7) We spend our money in one way, but they spend...(them/theirs) in another
way
8) The teacher wanted you to return the book of..(he/his) that he lent you.
9) I have a radio in my bedroom, and my sister has another one in.. (hers/his)
10) Jack enjoys his work, and I enjoy... (me/mine)
EXERCISE 3. Choose the correct word in the bracket
1) You must take care of (myself/yourself)
2) I fan (himself/myself) when I am hot
3) They punished (herself/themselves) for the mistakes
4) Amy washed (himself/herself) in the bathroom
5) We bought (themselves/ourselves) new shirts
6) Jenie taught (myself/herself) to cook.
7) The girl is not enought to dress (himself/herself)
8) The cat hurt (himself/itself) when it jumped over the fence
9) The director (myself/himself) handed me this medal
10) My father can always control (ourselves,himself)