Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives Subject and Object Pronouns
Subject pronouns
| I | you | he | she | it | we | you | they |
Object pronouns
| me | you | him | her | it | us | you | them |
- The subject is the person or thing doing the action:
I left early.
She went home.
We said goodbye.
- The object is the person or thing receiving the action:
She telephoned me.
I hit him.
We saw her.
Practice
1. Put the correct object pronoun into each gap. Model: My sister has a new car, but she doesn't like it.
1. He has two sons. He plays football with ... in his free time.
2. That's my dictionary. Can I have ... back, please?
3. Ben's new teacher is Mr Banks. Ben likes ... a lot.
4. Jane and I are good students, so our teacher likes ....
5. Our teacher gives ... a lot of homework.
6. Kate likes Joanna, but Maria doesn't like ... at all.
7. She buys a newspaper everyday and reads ... on the train
8. Look! This is a photo of ... my family.
9. Sally lives near Peter and Mary. She goes to work with ... every day in their car.
| 2. Put my or your into the gaps. a. Hello. ... name is Jenny, b. What 's ... your name ? c. Is Catherine ... sister? d. John: Ann, this is ... brother, Dick. Ann: Hello, Dick. Dick: Hello. | 3. Put his or her into the gaps. a. "What's ... name?" "Elizabeth", b. ... name is James Baker, c. I have a son. . . . name is David, d. Marie is from France. ... flat is in Paris. |
4. Write the correct pronouns for these sentences.
1. ... telephoned yesterday, (she) She telephoned yesterday.
2. We watched ... for hours, (he) We watched him for hours.
3. Hasn't... arrived yet? (she)
4. ... don't understand. (I)
5. Are you talking to... ? (I)
6. Don't ask ... : ... doesn't know, (she/she)
7. This is Julia: ... have known ... for years, (we/she)
8. Nobody told ... the bus was leaving, (they)
9. Why didn't... ask ... to come? (she/they)
10. Don't ask ...: ask... . (I/he)
11. ... think ... doesn't like .... (I/he/I)
12. ... asked ... to invite .... (they/he/we)
5. Write the correct adjectives for these sentences:
1. These are ... parents. (I) These are my parents.
2. I've got... watch, (he)
3. Is this ... car? (you)
4. Do they like ... new house? (she)
5. Have you met... teacher? (their)
6. Who's got ... money? (I)
7. I don't like ... teacher, (we)
8. Have you got ... passport? (you)
9. He forgot... keys, (he)
10. They changed ... Hotel, (they)
11. She gave the letter to ... secretary, (she)
12. There's something wrong with ... car. (I)
13. They're having a party in ... garden, (they)
14. Where's... pen? (I)
15. I like ... jacket, (you)
6. Rewriting a text. Read the text about Keiko Wilson. It's not very natural. Which nouns can you replace with pronouns or possessive adjectives ? Underline them. Rewrite the text to make it more natural.
Keiko Wilson is Japanese, but Keiko lives in New-York because Keiko is married to an American. Keiko is an interpreter. Keiko lives in New York because New York is interesting, but Keiko's husband, Walter, doesn't like New York. Walter wants to leave and live in the country.
Keiko and Walter have two children. Walter takes the two children and the two children's dog out of the city in Walter's free time. Walter and the children go walking in summer and skiing in winter, but Keiko doesn't go with Walter and the children because Keiko doesn't have any free time.
7. Talk about profession. Use the possessive pronouns: hers, yours, their, ours to show that something belongs to somebody.
Model A: They, your tests No, they are not our tests. -
Whose are those tests? Are they yours?
Model B: It, her picture No, it's not their picture. -
Whose is that picture? Is it hers?
Prompts: 1. They, your notes. 2. It, his tie. 3. They, my tickets. 4. It, her dog. 5. They, our spoons. 6. They, my shirts. 1. It, their car. 8. It, his exercise-book. 9. My dictation, their. 10. Our lecturer, your. 11. His composition, mine.
8. Write the correct adjective or pronoun for these sentences.
1. Whose camera is this? Is it ... ? (you)
Whose camera is this? Is it yours?
2. Excuse me, those are ... seats, (we)
Excuse me, those are our seats.
3. Is it ... suitcase or ... ? (you/he)
Is it your suitcase or his?
4. Has the dog ... food? (it)
5. They're not ... keys - they're .... (I/she)
6. I don't think it's ... room; think, it's ... . (you/they)
7. The police asked me for ... address. (I)
8. Have you got ... pen, or would you like to borrow ... ? (you/I)
9. ... garden is bigger than .... (they/we)
10. I think this is ... book. Oh, no, it's .... (I/you)
11. The decision is .... (they)
12. The cat wants ... dinner, (it)
13. You know it's not... money. It's .... (you/I)
14. It isn't... car. It's ... . (he/she)
15. It wasn't... a mistake, it was .... (I/they)
16. Have you met... mother? (they)
17. ... parents say the garden is .... (she/they)
18. ... brother thinks the car is .... (I/we)
19. ... car wasn't working, so I used .... (I/he)
20. ... house is smaller than .... (we/they)