PRONOUNS

Personal Interrogativ Relative

Pronouns e Pronouns Pronouns

Demonstrat
Possessive Quantifier
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Pronouns Pronouns
Pronouns

Singular
Reflexive Reciprocal
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Pronouns Pronouns
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns (Replace
names)

Personal Pronoun as subject Personal Pronoun as object

I IlovelearningEnglish! Me Can they hearme?
You Youaremybeststudent. You I will wait foryou.
He Heforgothistextbook. Him Mary said she wants to
marryhim.
She Shehasanicevoice. Her What's wrong withher?
It Itwasonthetable. It Who brokeit?
We Wehavetoleavesoon. Us She will
emailustomorrow.
They Theyallcleanedup Them I will takethem.
together.
Exercises
1 - I will never go on holiday with ___ again!
him
us
he

2 - Did __ come by car?

him
he

3 - Remind ___ what your name is.

I
we
me

4 - Please pick up that piece of paper and take ___ with you.
them
it

5 - Ask them if ___ will be joining us.

them
him
they

6 - Do you think ___ likes me?

her
she

7 - We were worried about you, you should have called ___.

I
we
us
Possessive Pronouns ( used in a place of
possessive adjective and a noun)

Possessive adjective Possessive Pronouns

My Mine
Your Yours
Her Hers
His His
Its -
Our Ours
Their Theirs
Example : This is my book Example : This book is mine
*Do not use apostrophe
Exercises
1. I have a bike. It's ___ bike.

2. Mum and I have a boat. It's___boat.

3. The horse has an apple. It's___apple.

4. We have a car. That car is___!

5. They have a bike. That bike is___!

6. He has a key. That key is___!

7. You have a hat. That hat is___!

Reflexive Pronouns
1. When the action of the verb refers to the
doer

singular Plural
1st person myself ourselves
2nd person yourself Yourselves
3rd person Himself, herself Themselves
itself
Reflexive Pronouns
2. As objects, complements and prepositional
complements where they stand for the
same person or thing the subject of the
sentence
Examples:
She saw herself in the mirror
They have to find themselves another place to
stay
The puppy is unable to fend of itself
Reflexive Pronouns
3. Have an emphatic use, to make what is
said more emphatic, to reinforce its
meaning.
Examples :
She baked the cake herself.
He himself told me about the accident.
I spoke to the victims themselves.
You yourself posted the letter.
Exercises
1. Every morning I wash___and clean my teeth.
2. Jane is a baby, she is too small to eat by ___ .
3. Peter is very lazy. He always copies his friend
s homework and never does it by ___ .
4. The children can decorate the Christmas tree
by ___ .
5. Julie is always looking at___in the mirror.
6. If you cant do thisexercise by___, ask the
teacher for help.
7. The cat cleans___with its tongue.
 Reciprocal Pronouns
refer to people or objects that are both
affected by the action of the verb.

Each other ( 2 people/objects) One another ( > 2

We looked at each other in despair
when we saw the huge pile of
dishes to be washed.
The two girls look out for each other
ever since they began working in
the city.
Their mother advised her two
children to look after each other
while she is away.
people/objects)
The villagers are talking to one
another while waiting for the
speaker to arrive.
The boxes were stacked against one
another in the storeroom.
Exercises
John and Mary love ___.
Peter and David hate___.
The ten prisoners were all blaming___.
Both teams played hard against___.
We gave___gifts.
Why don't you believe ___?
They can't see___.
 Demonstrative Pronouns
Refer to nouns and are used to point out if a
noun is near or far away from the speaker.

Singul Plur Example

ar al
Near the This Thes This is beautiful picture.
speaker e These apples are delicious.
Far away That Thos That car under the tree belongs to Ali.
from the e Those boys are up to mischief again.
speaker
Sentence using determiners
This pen is mine.
Which book is yours?
That car belongs to Mr. Tan.
What news have you heard
today?
Sentence using
demonstrative pronouns
This is my pen
Which is yours?
That is a new car.
What have you heard today?
Exercises
INTERROGATIVE
PRONOUNS
Used to ask questions.
Also include words such as who , whom ,

whose , what and which.

Examples :
Who are you speaking to ?
Whom did you address the letter to ?
Whose did you take by mistake ?
What have you eaten for breakfast ?
Which of these did you want ?
Exercises

1. did you invite to preside over the meeting?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Whose

2. ------------ one of the books is your favorite?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Whose

3. To ------------- should I address the letter?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) What
d) Whose
4. do you want to do?
a) What
b) Which
c) That
d) Whom

5. To ---------- was the angry phone call made?

a) Whom
b) What
c) Whose
d) Which

6. of these books will you take?

a) Which
b) Whom
c) That
d) Whose
Relative Pronouns
Used to introduce relative (adjective)
clauses .
These 3 classes of relative pronouns

(a) Wh-pronouns
(b) that
(c) zero pronoun
(a)Wh-pronoun
i. Personal pronouns include words such as
who, whom, whose

Examples :
The girl who is wearing the blue dress is my sister
I know the girl to whom he spoke

ii. Non-personal pronouns include

which
Example :
The book which is on the table belongs to me
 (b) That is used in both personal and non-
personal reference
i. Personal
Examples :
The man that the police caught is a suspected
terrosist
The footballers that scored winning goals were
ii. Non-personal
rewarded handsomely

Examples :
The house that was hit by the lightening is on fire
The food that was left on the table has
disappeared
(c) A zero pronoun is used as that but it
cannot be the subjected of a clause.

Examples :
The man the police caught is a suspected terrorist
The house hit by lightning is on fire

Now read the following sentences :

Examples :
The policeman that caught him received an award
(correct)
The policeman caught him received an award
(incorrect)
2. The following are several uses of relatives
pronouns.
(a) The relative pronoun as the subject.

Examples :
Have you met the woman who flew the fighter
plane?
There is still a book that is missing

(b) The relative pronoun as the object.

Examples :
That is the house that I want to buy
This is the book which I borrowed last week
(c) The relative pronoun as the complement
of a preposition.

Examples :
Do you know the girl with whom your son is
dancing
This is the set of tableware about which we were
talking yesterday.
 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Indefinite pronouns to refer to people or
things without saying exactly who or what
they
are. We use pronouns ending in-bodyor-o
oneforpeople, and pronouns ending in-
thingforthings.
Singular Plural Both

anyone both all

anything few any

each many more

Either several most

everyone others some

much none

everything

no one

somebody

nobody
Use asingular verbafter an indefinite
pronoun:
EverybodylovesSally.
Everythingwasready for the party.

Refer back to an indefinite pronoun we

normally use aplural pronoun:
Everybodyenjoyed the concert.Theystood
up
and clapped.
I will tellsomebodythat dinner is
ready.Theyhave been waiting a long time.
Add-'sto an indefinite pronoun to make a
possessive.
They were staying insomebodyshouse.

Is thisanybodyscoat?

Use indefinite pronouns withno-as

thesubjectinnegative clauses(not
pronouns
with any.)
Anybody didnt come>>Nobodycame.
Useelseafter indefinite pronouns to refer
topeople or thingsin addition tothe ones
we
already mentioned :
All the family came, but no oneelse.
If Michael cant come well ask

somebodyelse.
So that's eggs, peas and chips. Do you want

anythingelse?
 EXERCISES

1. The doctor needs to know if you have eaten ____ in the last two hours.

2. That ice-cream was good. Can I have ____?

3. John likes coffee but not tea. I think ____ are good.

4. They all complained and ____ left the meeting.

5. ___ is forgiven.
___ have arrived.

6. Is ___ left?
Are ___ coming?
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