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PRONOUNS (SUBJECT, OBJECT, POSSESSIVE) & POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Subject Object Possessive Possessive

Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Adjectives

I me mine my

You you yours your

He him his his

She her That hers her

watched I saw house This is house
It a movie it is its its

We us ours our

You you yours your

They them theirs their

Subject pronouns: BEFORE THE  

VERB
● I like your dress.
● You are late.
● It is raining.
● She is on holiday.
● They come from London.
Object pronouns:
AFTER THE VERB
● Can you help me please?
● I can see you.
● I saw her  in town today.
● We saw them in town
yesterday, but they didn’t see us.
 
Possessive pronouns: WITHOUT
A NOUN
● The dog is mine.
● The brown cat is hers.
● The car is ours.
Possessive adjectives: BEFORE
A NOUN
● My dog is big.
● Her cat is brown.
● Their sister works downtown.

AFTER A PREPOSITION
● She is waiting for me.
● Give it to him.
● Why are you looking at her?
● Don’t take it from us.
● I’ll speak to them. 

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Object Possessive REFLEXIVE Examples:

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pronoun adjective PRONOUN

me my myself When I look in my mirror, I

see myself.

you your yourself When you look in your

mirror, you see yourself.

him his himself When he looks in his mirror,

he sees himself.

her her herself When she looks in her mirror,

she sees herself.

it its itself The machine will turn off by

itself.

us our ourselves We painted our house by

ourselves.

you your yourselves You should push yourselves

to work harder.

them their themselves They painted their house by

themselves.

→ When do we use REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS?

1. When the SUBJECT AND THE OBJET ARE THE SAME PERSON
● She cut herself chopping the onions.
● We really enjoyed ourselves at the party.

2. After PREPOSITIONS
We can use reflexive pronouns after most prepositions if they refer back to the subject.
● He should be really proud of himself.
● With the 3-D printer and this scanner you can print a small version of yourself.

3. To EMPHASIZE who did the action

In this sense, we can use the reflexive at the end of the sentence or after the subject.
● I will talk to Anna myself.
● I think you should do it yourself, instead of having it done.
● Paul himself designed the everything.