Lesson 3

Grammar Pronouns

Nouns

Singular and Plural

Reading Higher Education in Ukraine

The University of London

Speaking Looking for a new apartment

Grammar (block 1)

Pronouns Займенники

1. Personal Pronouns (Особові займенники)

	Subject Pronouns Суб'єктні займенники		Object Pronouns Об'єктні займенинки
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1 st person	I	we	me	us
2 nd person	you	you	you	you
3rd person	He She it	they	him her it	them

Особові займенники іживаються для заміни іменникиів, коли відомо про кого чи про що іде мова:

• Суб'єктні займенники вживаються як підмети:

• Example: Where is Simon? – He is in the kitchen.

• Об'єктні займенинки вживаються як додатки:

Verb + object pronoun

Preposition + object pronoun

• Example: Help me. I’ve written to her. I like him. Look at them. Can you see it? They are waiting for us.

2. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns (Присвійні прикметники та займенники)

	Possessive adjectives Присвійні прикметники		Possessive Pronouns Присвійні займенники
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1 st person	my	our	mine	ours
2 nd person	your	your	yours	yours
3rd person	His Her its	their	His Hers -	theirs

Присвійні прикметники вживаються перед іменниками для вираження, кому належить іменник.

• Example: I can’t find my keys.

Sally bought her computer last year.

Присвійні займенники вживаються без іменника, коли іменник лише мається на увазі.

• Example: “Is this Peter's book?” – “No, it's mine.”

Their flat is smaller than ours.

3. Reflexive Pronouns. (Зворотні займенники).

	Singular	Plural
1 st person	I - myself	We - ourselves
2 nd person	You - yourself	You - yourselves
3rd person	He – himself She – herself It - itself	They - themselves

• Example: I burnt myself cooking dinner. He hurt himself while he was shaving.

Note! enjoy yourself – добре проводити час

help yourself – пригощатися (чимось)

Exercise 1. Виберіть правильний варіант займенника.

1. I phoned Sarah last night and gave she/her the message.

2. My brother is older than I/me, but he/him isn’t as tall as I/me am.

3. “Have you seen Peter today?” – “Yes, I/me saw he/him this morning. He/Him was going to the swimming pool”.

4. “What did those people want?” – “They/them asked I/me to help they/them.”

5. Sydney is famous for it/his/its opera house.

6. I’m sorry I didn’t telephone you. I lost you/your/yourself telephone number.

7. Did you enjoy you/your holiday?

Exercise 2. Заповніть пропуски займенниками.

I you he she it we they me you him her it us them

1. Where are my keys? I put … on the table a moment ago, but now…have disappeared.

2. If you have any problems, just tell someone and … will help you.

3. “What did you think of the film, Simon?” – “…enjoyed … very much.”

4. How far is … from Madrid to Paris?

5. “What does the government plan to do about education?”

6. … aren’t allowed to drive a car in Britain until …'re 17 years old.

7. Peter and I are going out this evening. …'re going to cinema. Would you like to come with …?

Exercise 3. Виберіть правильний варіант займенника.

1. We know their/theirs telephone number, but they don’t know our/ours.

2. My/mine car wasn’t as expensive as her/hers.

3. “How are your/yours children?” – “Fine, thanks. How are your/yours?”

4. Maria has got her/hers suitcase, but her/hers friends haven’t got their/theirs.

5. Our/ours flat isn’t as big as their/theirs, but our/ours is much more comfortable.

Exercise 4. Звповніть пропуски відповідною формою займенника або прикметинка.

Example: Why didn’t she ask us to help her? (she)

1. …house is much bigger than … (they/we).

2. Is this book … or … ? (you/I)

3. “Is Jack going on holiday with … friend?” – “No, …'s going by …”. (she/she/she)

4. How long have … been waiting for …? (they/we).

5. … was very angry with … for being so stupid. (I/I)

6. Someone came to see … while … were out. … told … that … would be back at 2 o'clock . (you/you/I/they/you)

7. “Who painted … flat?” – “Nobody. … painted it ….” (you/we/we)

…'s a coincidence that … birthday is on the same day as …. (it/he/her).

Grammar (block 2)