1.1 Personal Pronouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Pronouns

Voornaamwoorden

What pronouns do you know?

Demonstrative (aanwijzende) pronouns

Personal (persoonlijke) pronouns

onderwerp / subject

1. Ik        =       1. I

2. Jij       =      2. You

3. Hij      =      3. He

4. Zij       =     4. She

5. Het      =    5. It

6. Wij       =   6. We

7. Jullie    =   7. You

8. Zij         =   8. They

voorwerp / object

1. Mij/me  = Me

2. Jou  =  You

3. Hem  =  Him

4. Haar  =  Her

5. Het  =  It

6. Ons  =  Us

7. Jullie  =  You

8. Hen  =  Them

Exercise 1

Choose the correct personal pronoun

This is Jonah, (wij) like (hem) a lot.

1. we, him
2. they, her
3. us, he
4. we, he

What do (jullie) want from (ons)?

1. she, we
2. they, us
3. you, us
4. they, you

This is Karin, (zij) likes football.

1. they
2. she
3. her
4. he

Do you see those two boys? (Zij) are up to no good.

1. she
2. they
3. him
4. them

(hij) gave (haar) a pretty flower.

1. him, her
2. he, she
3. he, her
4. him, she

Possessive (bezittelijke) pronouns

'Zonder van'

1. Mijn  =  My

2. Jouw  =  Your

3. Zijn  =  His

4. Haar  =  Her

5. zijn/haar (ding)  =  Its

6. Ons/onze  =  Our

7. Jullie  =  Your

8. Hun  =  Their

'Met van'

1. van mij =  mine

2. van jou  =  yours

3. van hem  =  his

4. van haar  =  hers

5. van het  =  its

6. van ons  =  ours

7. van jullie  =  yours

8. van hen  =  theirs

Exercise 2

Choose the correct possessive pronoun

This is (mijn) bike, it is (van mij)

1. mine, my
2. my, my
3. mine, mine
4. my, mine

See that dog? (zijn/haar) tail is long.

1. his
2. her
3. its
4. it's

(Onze) mother gave (haar) friend a car.

1. us, hair
2. our, her
3. ours, hers
4. our, hers

(hun) train is late.

1. they
2. them
3. theirs
4. their

Is that car there (van hen)?

1. of them
2. theirs
3. their
4. they

Exercise 3

Fill in the missing words.

Type the whole sentence.

(wij) like (onze) English teacher.

(Hij) gave (zijn) mother a kiss.

(Zij) is a very nice girl. (Haar) friends are not so nice.

Do you have (mijn) bike? No, I have (van hen).

(Onze) dog gave (ons) (zijn) stick.

Exercise 4

Translate the word in brackets from Dutch to English and put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

grade. / given / teacher / (Hun) / (ons) / has / high / a

chocolate / Friday. / gives / (Mijn) / mum / (mij) / every

(Hun) / aunt / husband / with / works / (haar).

face. / in / (Hij) / punches / (hem) / (zijn)

Do / any / have / (jullie) / questions / (mij)? / for

Exercise 5

Make a correct sentence using the given pronouns

she - his

us - our

they - them

we - you

I - me - my