Personal Pronouns – To BE
Singular

I am (I´m) YOU are (You´re) HE is (He´s) SHE is (She´s) IT is (It´s) IT is (It´s)

Plural

THEY are
WE are THEY are THEY are
THEY are (people)
(I + You) THEY are (chairs) (dogs)
(John + Bob) (Mary + Sally)
WE´re THEY´re THEY´re THEY´re THEY´re THEY´re
 

                               

 
__________  _________    ______      _______  ______         _________       ______      _______      _______ 

                                      

          _______   _________  _________       __________    ______         _____       ______ 

Replace the underlined nouns by pronouns:

1. John is a boy. __________ is a boy. 6. The boys are here. ______ are here.
2. The dog is big. _________ is big. 7. Sally is at home. _______ is at home.
3. Peter is intelligent. _________ is intelligent. 8. The chair is nice. _______ is nice.
4. My friend and I are tired. _______ are tired. 9. The children are at school. _____ are at
school.
5. The girls are nice. ________ are nice. 10. Bob is tired. _______ is tired.
 

 
 

______ on the phone. _____ on the phone too. _____ in a hurry.

_____ studying. _____ a chair. _____ a horse.

  
  They are always used before the noun:
my book, your pen

My MY is a Possessive Adjective. BOOK is a noun. 

I
MY comes before BOOK. 
Your
Write sentences using the information on the pictures.
Follow the example:
You
 
His Name Age Country Father 
   
Sentences

      HIS name is Bob. 
10  Canada  Italy  He is ten years old. 
He He is from Canada, but 
Bob 
his father is from Italy.  
   
Her      
11  Germany  France 
She    
Hans and Fritz 
   
Its      
6  France  Spain 
It
Juliet 
   
Our      
12  Portugal  Russia 

We
Maria
   
Your  
9 
 
The USA 
 
Mexico 

You Michael
   
     
Their 8  England  Spain 

They  Charles
Replace the nouns by Possessive Adjectives: 
1. Peter’s book.    HIS book.    5. Mr. Smith’s family.     __________ family.   
2. Peter and John’s father._____ father.    6. Sally’s backpack.         _________   backpack. 
3. The cat’s food.   ______ food.    7. John’s book.      _________  book. 
4. Mary’s mother.  ______ mother.    8. My and my brother’s house.   ________ house. 
  
 
Write in the appropriate possessive adjective. Choose from

MY YOUR HIS HER OUR THEIR

a. Peter and Mary are OK, but I don’t like ___their___ friends. 
b. Peter and I live in a small city, but ______ city is very beautiful. 

c.  Debby does _______ homework in the evening, after dinner. 
d. I always do _________ homework in the morning, before I go to classes. 
e. Excuse me, what’s _________ name again? 
f. Brian is a famous writer and ________ new book is a success. 
g. We have to take ____________ parents to the bus station. 
h. Mary likes to give presents to _________ friends. 
i. Bob and I live together. _________  apartment is very small. 
j. The students are studying _________ lessons at the moment. 
k. My sister‐in‐law’s brother doesn’t live with ______ parents, because he has got _____ own family. 
l. Catherine doesn’t like _____________ boss very much. 
m. Mary and _______ husband are going to Italy in December. 
n. Sally’s brother doesn’t live with _____ wife. They are divorced. 
o. My friend Mark is American and so are ________ children. 
p. Charles and _______ wife always participate in marathons. 
q. My friends and I are going together to _______ Physics class. 
r. Jennifer is inviting _____ friend to a party. 
s. Bob spent a lot of time working on ________ new project. 
t. Bob and his friend are in the restaurant finishing ________ dinner. 

u. A father pushing ______ baby through the park in a stroller. 

v. The mother is helping ________ daughter with the homework. 
 
I

They My You

Their Your

We Possessive He
Adjectives

Our His

It She

Its Her
  
 

They are complement of the verb:

Listen to ME. Look at HIM.

Me
        Verb       Complement 

I
Replace the nouns by Object Pronouns:
 
You 1. Talk to Peter.      Talk to __________________ 
2. Listen to the music.    Listen to _________________ 
3. Give Mr. Brown a car.     Give __________ a car. 
You 4. Call Ms. White.    Call __________; 
5. Tell the children a story.  Tell _________ a story. 
6. Don’t talk to Mary about it.  Don’t talk to _______ about it. 
Him 7. Look at that lady.    Look at_________. 
8. Call the boy to eat.    Call ________ to eat. 
9. The boy is calling John.    The boy is calling ________. 
He 10. Bob calls his wife every day. 
 
Bob calls _______ every day. 

Using the information in ( ) write the correct

Her Object Pronoun:
 
1. I know _______. (John) 
She 2. She likes __________ (Peter and Bob) 
3. Can you see ________? (Mary) 
4. You don’t understand ________. (Sally) 
It 5. Give _______ (the pen) to _________ (me and Bob) 

It
Circle the correct option:

Us 1. He is my neighbor. I like ____________ likes me. 
  a. him and he  b. them and they          c. he and him 
2. Please visit ______ soon. 
We   a. we    b. us             c. they 
3. I spend a lot of time with _______. 
  a. it    b. them             c. they 
Your 4. That’s ______ in the picture. It’s an old picture. 
  a. I    b. she             c. me 
5. Can I give ______ a message? 
You   a. her    b. he             c. she 
 
 
Them  

They
  
 
Possessive of Nouns (‘s)

1. The POSSESSIVE OF NOUNS is represented by an apostrophe after the noun, to indicate possession: 

The bicycle of the girl. The girl’s bicycle

Possessor Possessed thing

2. If the possessor is more than one person (a plural noun) just add the apostrophe: 

The girls’ book.

Possessor Possessed thing

3. If there are two possessors and one possessed thing or person, the apostrophe goes in the second possessor: 

John and Mary’s book.

Possessors Possessed thing

4. Inanimate things (non‐living things) do not take apostrophe.  

The leg of the table.

Rewrite the sentences that follow according to the example :

E.g. (The car of his sister) is blue.

His sister’s car is blue.

1. (The father of Mary) has got a house. 
2. (The book of Rick) is on the desk. 
3. (The birthday of my friend) is in October. 
4. (The TV of Kate) is in her bedroom. 
5. (The father of my friends) is Russian. 
6. (The pencil of my teacher) is nice. 
7. (The water of the dog) is hot. 
8. (The backpack of the student) is heavy. 
9. (The house of my cousin) is in another country. 
10. (The language of Maria) is Portuguese. 
11. (The class of Mary) is not big. 
12. (The brother of Peter) plays basketball in the USA. 
13. (The boss of Jeff) is very competent. 
14. (The children of my neighbor) are very noisy. 
15. (The parents of the twins) are very young. 
16. (The lesson of the teacher) is very difficult. 
17. (The car of the doctor) is fast. 
18. (The lunch of my mother) is delicious. 
19. (The story of her grandmother) is very interesting. 
20.   (The book of the writer) is good. 
  
 
We tend to use “the” and “of” when we are talking about possessed things or members of a family. To illustrate this, 
there are some texts that have been written using “the” and “of” and you have to rewrite them using apostrophe s (‘s) 
instead.  The chart below shows some of these forms to help you: 
 
Possessive of Nouns = Noun + ´ + possessed thing 
The father of Kelsey Kelsey’s father
The mother of Kelsey Kelsey’s mother
The husband of Mrs. White Mrs. White’s husband
The wife of Mr. Smith Mr. Smith’s wife
The parents of Kelsey and Matthew Kelsey and Matthew’s parents
The sister of Matthew Matthew’s sister
The brother of Kelsey Kelsey’s brother

THE FAMILY

(husband / wife/ children / parents/ daughter / son /

sister/brother / sibling / aunt / uncle / niece / nephew / cousin / )

Mr. John White is the husband of Ms. Mary White. Ms. Mary White is the wife of Mr. John White. Mr. and Ms.
White have two children: Kelsey and Matthew. Mr. and Ms. Smith are the parents of Kelsey and Matthew.
Kelsey is the daughter of Mr. and Ms. White. Mathew is the son of Mr. and Mrs. White.
Kelsey is the sister of Matthew. Matthew is the brother of Kelsey.

Rewrite the text above using the possessive of nouns:

Mr. John White is Ms. Mary White’s husband.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Read and complete:

1. My father is my mother’s
2. My mother is my father’s
3. My father’s father is my
4. My father’s mother is my
5. My mother’s father is my
6. My mother’s mother is my
7. My brother’s wife is my
8. My sister’s husband is my
9. My brother’s son is my
10. My brother’s daughter is my
11. My uncle’s son is my
12. My uncle’s daughter is my
13. My aunt’s brother is my
14. My cousin is my mother’s
15. My brother-in-law’s wife is my
   They replace nouns:
 
This is my book. Where is YOURS? (your book)
The possessive pronouns agree with the possessor:
I love my mother and you love YOURS.
The possessive pronouns can be used after of:
He is a friend of MINE.

Mine
Replace the nouns by Possessive Pronouns:

I 1. Angela’s friend – Her friend – A friend of __________.

2. This is my bike. The bike is ________.
3. My house is not big. Is __________ big?
Yours 4.
5.
He likes is Math teacher. Do you like _________?
My cat is eating ________ food.
 
Complete the sentences with a Possessive Pronoun:
You
1. My friends always does his homework, but I never do _________.
2. Give me your phone number and I’ll give you ___________.
His 3. Do you know Kate? She is a friend of _______. We are in the same
class.
4. Peter and John are our neighbors. Their apartment is near _________.
5. He is with his friend but she isn’t with ________.
He

Hers

She

Its
It
 
 
Ours
 
 
We

 
Yours  

You
Last week, we had a party at _______ house. Many 
people came, and there were lots of cars parked outside. At the end of the party, 
Theirs only three people were left: myself, Eric, and Cathy. However, there were four 
cars. One of them was a Volkswagen. I didn't remember seeing it before, so I 
asked whose it was. 
They  
Eric said it wasn't ______ car. _______ is a Chevrolet pickup. When I asked Cathy 
if it was ______, she said no — _______ car is a Ford Explorer. I knew it wasn't 
_______ car, of course. Finally, I called the police, and they came and examined it. 
They said it belonged to a family on the next street. Someone stole it from 
________ street and left it on ________. 
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/poss2.htm 
  
 
Sentence Transformation – This is HIS car. This car is HIS.

a. These are my pens. Those pens are ________.

b. That is your plane. That plane is __________.

c. Is this your suitcase? Is this suitcase _________?

d. Are those your shoes? Are ___________________?

e. This is their house. This _____________________.

f. Is this our bus? Is this ___________________?

g. This is your room. This _____________________.

h. Is this my desk? Is this ____________________. 

 
Use the Pronouns from this table to complete the exercise. Pay attention to this 
information: Geraldine is telling the story, and she thinks Mary has taken her 
coat.  
he (3x) – her (2x) – hers ( 1x) – him (1x) – his (1x) – I (15x) – it (12x) – me (1x) – 
mine (2x) – my (9x) – our (1x ) – she (9x) – their (1x) – them (1x) – you (2x) – your 
(2x) – yours (1x) 

Two days ago, .................. saw Mary wearing .................. coat. .................. knew .................. was .................., because
.................. had a coffee stain on the left sleeve. .................. explained to .................. that .................. was ..................,
but .................. said .................. was .................., refused to give .................. back and stormed off. .................. followed
.................. as .................. took the liberty of going shopping in .................. coat. First of all, .................. purchased
cigarettes and put .................. in the pocket of .................. coat. Ugh! How dare ..................! .................. hate the smell
of cigarettes!
Next, .................. popped into a "Greasy Spoon" cafe. (Due to the greasy atmosphere and rancid cooking smells,
all working men's cafes have that nickname, because all .................. food is fried in oil or lard.) .................. peered
in through the window and noticed .................. was sitting down on one of the greasy chairs. Oh, no! Not only is
.................. coat going to stink of fried food, but .................. is also going to have greasy stains on ..................!
As .................. watched, .................. started to undo .................. coat and then took .................. off. .................. waited
until .................. had removed .................. and hung .................. up with some grubby workmen's coats on coat hooks
in the corner. .................. decided .................. would be a good idea to wait until .................. wasn't looking, then
.................. could rush in and grab the coat. .................. glanced away for a few minutes to blow .................. nose and
when .................. looked back, the coat had gone. Racing into the cafe, .................. looked frantically about
.................. and noticed an old tramp limping out of another door with .................. coat gracing .................. rounded
shoulders. .................. desperately shouted, "Stop! Thief!" Mary looked up in surprise. "Quick Mary, " ..................
yelled, "That tramp has walked off with .................. coat!"
"No, .................. hasn't," she replied. ".................. looked so cold, poor thing, .................. told .................. ..................
could have ..................."
"What! .................. gave .................. coat away!"
"Of course not! Although .................. coats are similar, that was a green coat; .................. one is brown, so that
one was definitely not ..................! Can't .................. get special glasses or tablets for .................. colour-
blindness?" (http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/grammar-pronouns.htm#ADVkey)
 
 
 
 
  
 
Write the correct pronoun:

1. I have a friend. ________ name is Peter.

2. Mary has got a dog. ______ name is Rex.
3. The students are in class B22. _______ class number is B22.
4. My father has got a brother. _______ brother’s name is Robert.
5. My mother has also got a brother. _________ brother’s name is Wellington.
6. John and Mary are twins. ___________ are sixteen years old and ___________ parents
are very strict.
7. The President of the company is coming for a meeting. _______ name is John Smith.
8. I would like to have ______ own company.
9. Kate is very intelligent. ________ grades are the best in ______ class.
10. We have got a house. _______ house is big.
11. My father has got a very close friend. _________ name is Frank.
12. My mother has also got a very close friend. ______ name is Maria.
13. Peter wears glasses but he always leaves ______ glasses in the library.
14. My friends always forget to bring _______ homework.
15. My friend Joseph has got a bad grade. In fact, ________ grades are all bad.
16 . Paul and _______ wife are very nice.
17. I don’t like that boy. I think ________ is boring.
18. My brother’s wife has got a brother. ________ brother is in the U.S.A.
19. Peter has got a sister. ______ studies Mechanical Engineering.
20. The boy has got a friend. _______ friend’s name is Peter.
21. Jonathan and _______ sister are good students.
22. Mary and ________ brother are going to Switzerland in December.
23. Lucy is traveling to Canada with _______ friend.
24. The student is studying in __________ bedroom. She is also listening to some music.
25. Mary is in _________ garden planting some flowers.
26. Joe is at _______ grandparents’ house.
27. I am cleaning _________ bedroom.
28. The boys are not in _____________ house. They are in the club.
29. Charles and ________ grandson are in the club.
30. Robert is playing with ________ little sister.