Tuesday 3 March 2020

Personal Pronouns
Do you know
what is
personal
pronouns?
If you know,
please give me
some examples.
 I
You
We
Personal They
Pronouns
He
She
It
 Try to
answer this
HE

YOU

IT

I
HE

YOU

SHE

WE
THEY

IT

SHE

HE
 IT

HE

YOU

SHE
THEY

YOU

WE

IT
YOU

WE

THEY

SHE
HE

WE

YOU

I
YOU

THEY

HE

WE
Well done!
Open your
English
Textbook
Turn to page
40
 Read the
instructions
on the top
Backward  When we read, we have to know
= Reversely who or what the writer is
talking about.
 Sometimes a word in the text
Instructions
refers to another word earlier.
 You have to look backward to
understand its meaning.
  Pak Pandir was looking for a boat
because he wanted to cross the
river.
Look
Backward  He saw a boat. It belonged to Pak
Abu.

‘he’ refers to PakPandir  Pak Pandir asked Pak Abu to lend

‘it’ refers to the boat. him the boat.
‘him’ refers to Pak
Pandir
Forward
= Continuously  Sometimes a word refers to
another word later in the
text.
Instructions
 You have to look forward for
its meaning.
  While he was crossing the river,
Pak Pandir saw some crocodiles.
Look
Forward
 When they saw Pak Pandir, the
crocodiles wanted to eat him.

‘he’ refers to PakPandir

‘they’ refers to the
crocodiles.
Tuesday Personal Pronouns 3 March 2020
Look at the words in red below. Who or what
is the writer referring to?

When the crocodiles were near the boat,

they opened their mouths hungrily. Pak
Do the Pandir quickly pointed to a tree. He said,
exercise ‘There is a juicy monkey over there. I will
catch it for you.’

When they heard that, the crocodiles

were happy. They let Pak Pandir go.
  1. They – The crocodiles
 2. He –
Example  3. It –
 4. They –