Moment II Teacher: Janett Carreño Hernández English class (5th Year)

Kinds of words

Class 4: Pronouns

Pronoun: Is a word or phrase that substitutes a noun.

Personal Object Possessive Reflexive Adjective

pronouns Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun Possessive

I me Mine myself my

He him His himself his

She her Hers herself her

It it Its itself it

We us Ours ourselves our

You you Yours yourselves your

They them Theirs themselves their

Personal pronoun: It refers to the grammatical person. It takes place of a noun or subject. And it is located before the
verb.

Ex: I am an English teacher, She doesn’t have any children.

Object pronoun: It is the object in the sentences. It is located after the verbs or the prepositions.

Ex: I love Lucy and she loves me, Mary wants to talk to him

Possessive Pronouns: are those designating possession. They are used to avoid repeating information. They are located
at the end of the sentences.

This is my cat, not your cat Not this cat is mine, not yours Yes.

Your car is a lot faster that my car Not Your car is a lot faster than mine.

Reflexive pronoun: This pronoun talks about the subject.

Ex: I was hurry, so I washed the car myself.

He wanted to impress her, so he baked a cake himself. She hurts herself.

Possessive Adjective: It refers to the person who owns and not what possessed. It is located before nouns.

Ex: Bill washes his car every day. The Earth is our planet.
Name: _____________________________________ 5th Year ______ Date: ________________________

Exercise Nº 4

Complete with the correct personal pronouns.

1. My name is Olga. ____________ am the youngest in the family.

2. This is my father. ____________ is a teacher.

3. This is my mother. ____________ is a lawyer.

4. I am standing on my head. Look at ____________ .

Complete the sentences. Use the reflexive pronouns.

1. My brother likes to practice his English by talking to ______________________.

2. James wasn’t careful and he cut ______________________ with a knife.

3. My sister and I looked at ______________________ in the mirror.

4. The repair shop was closed, so I fixed the car ______________________.

5. Did you enjoy ___________________________ at the party last night?

6. Cats can get clean by licking ___________________________.

Underline the object pronoun in each sentence.

1. My teacher gave us homework yesterday.

2. We have to wake her up early each morning.

3. My bedroom is a mess. I need to clean it.

4. Can I take it for a drive?

5. John and Mark are taking them to the zoo.

Complete with my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

1. I don't know the time because I can't find ______watch.

2. What's the boy's name? ________ name is Ben Scott.

3. Debbie has got a cat. ______ cat is very lively.
4. The dog is very cute. _______ name is Ben.

Choose possesive pronoun.

1.- The books are ( They - theirs). 2.- The dog is (he – his)

3.- The motorcycle is (She – hers) 4.- The car is ( we – ours) 5.- The boots are ( I – mine)

“Siempre se puede, cuando se quiere” (José Luis Sampedro)