1VWO3enc - Personal & Possessive Pronouns

1VWO3enc - Personal & Possessive Pronouns

03-09-'24

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Learning Goals

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

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Learning Goals

After this lesson you know what Personal Pronouns are and how to use them.

After this lesson you know what Possessive Pronouns are and how to use them.

Personal Pronouns

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Personal Pronouns

We use Personal Pronouns instead of people, things & animals

For example:

John rides his bike. - He rides his bike.

The tigress hunts for food. - She hunts for food.

The car goes really fast. - It goes really fast.

2 forms

Subjectform (subject of the sentence)

Objectform (subject of the sentence)

The Subject Form

Use this when the Personal Pronoun is the subject of the sentence.

Singular: I, you, he/she/it

Plural: We, you, they.

Examples

1. I am smart.

2. You are very smart.

3. He/She/It is very smart.

4. We are very smart.

5. You are very smart.

6. They are very smart.

The Object Form

Use this when the Personal Pronoun is the object of the sentence OR after a preposition.

Singular: Me, you , him/her/it.

Plural: us, you, them.

Examples

1. Give it to me!

2. I will give it to you.

3. I will give it to him/her/it.

4. They gave it to us.

5. They gave it to you.

6. They gave it to them.

Exercise

For the following sentences, fill the gap with a personal pronoun (subject OR object form)

... is dreaming (George)

... is black (the phone)

... are on the wall (the posters)

... are watching tv (My friend and I)

... are in the garden (John and Lisa)

... is riding his bike (Tom)

He gave that to ... (I)

We would never do that to ... (they)

... is from bristol (Victoria)

They never gave that to ... (we)

When do we use personal pronouns?

Start working on the exercises on page 128 of your book.

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