The Pronouns

There are different types of pronouns in English. They are

Personal	I, he, she, it, we, you, they
Possessive	my, his, her, its, our, your, their
Reflexive	Myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Reciprocal	Each other, one another
Demonstrative	This (these), that (those), such, the same
Interrogative	Who, whose, what, which
Relative	Who, whose, which, that, as
Conjunctive	Who, whose, which, what
Defining	Each, every, everybody, everyone, everything, all, either, both, other, another
Indefinite	Some, any, some/anybody, some/anything, some/anyone
Negative	No, none, neither, nobody, no one, nothing

Personal Pronouns

Subject (именительный падеж) I I like Ann. We We like Ann. You You like Ann. He He likes Ann. She She likes Ann. They They like Ann.

Object (объектный падеж) Ann likes me. Me Ann likes us. Us Ann likes you. You Ann likes him. Him Ann likes her. Her Ann likes them. Them

Ex.1 Complete the sentences using I /me /we /us /you /he /him/she /her/they /them.

1. I want to see her, but she doesn’t want to see me. 2. They want to see me but ....... don’t want to see ......... 3. We want to see them but ..........don’t want to see ....... 4. She wants to see him but ......... don’t want to see ........ 5. I want to see him but .......... doesn’t want to see ........ 6. They want to see her but .......... doesn’t want to see ........ 7. I want to see them but ............don’t want to see .......... 8. He wants to see us but ............don’t want to see ......... 9. You want to see her but ..........doesn’t want to see .........

Ex.2 Complete the sentences using me /us /him /her /it /them.

1. Who is that woman? Why are you looking at …...? 2. ‘Do you know that man?’ ‘Yes, I work with .........’ 3. I’m talking to you. Please listen to ........ 4. These photographs are nice. Do you want to look at ........ 5. I like this camera. I’m going to buy ........... 6. Where are the tickets? I can’t find ........... 7. We’re going out. You can come with .......... 8. I don’t like dogs. I’m afraid of .............. 9. Where is she? I want to talk to............ 10. Those apples are bad. Don’t eat ............

Possessive Pronouns

There are two forms of the Possessive pronouns: dependent and independent (absolute)

dependent		independent
my	This is my car.	Mine	The car is mine.
Your	this is your car.	Yours	The car is ….
His		His
Her		Hers
Its		Its
Our		Ours
Their		Theirs

Please give my pen to me.

Ex. 3 Complete the sentences

1. He lives with his parents. 2. They live with ......... parents. 3. We .................... parents. 4. Ann lives .................................................... 5. I ...........................................parents. 6. John lives ......................................... 7. Do you live ......................................? 8. Most children ...................................

Ex. 4 Complete the sentences using mine / yours etc.

1. It’s your money. It’s yours. 2. It’s my bag. It’s ............ 3. It’s our car. It’s ........... 4. They’re her shoes. They’re ........... 5. It’s their house. It’s ............ 6. They’re your books. They’re ........ 7. They’re my glasses. They’re ......... 8. It’s his coat. It’s .........

Ex. 5 Choose the right variant

1. Is this your/ yours book? 2. It’s their/ theirs problem, not our/ ours. 3. Are these your / yours shoes? 4. Is this camera your/ yours? 5. That’s not my / mine umbrella. My/ mine is yellow. 6. They know our / ours address but we don’t know their / theirs. 7. They’ve got two children but I don’t know their / theirs names. 8. My / Mine room is bigger than her / hers, but her / hers is nicer.

Ex.6. Fill in my /our /your /his /her /their /its.

1. I like my job. 2. Do you like ......... job? 3. Does your father like .......... job? 4. Sally is married. ........ husband works in a bank. 5. I know Mr. Watson but I don’t know ........ wife. 6. Put on .......... coat when you go out. It’s very cold. 7. ......... favorite sport is tennis. I play a lot in summer. 8. My sister plays tennis too but ....... favourite sport is athletics. 9. We’re staying at a very nice hotel. ......... room is very comfortable. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Baker live in London but ....... son lives in Australia. 11. Thank you for ........ letter. It was good to hear from you again. 12. We are going to invite all ...... friends to the party. 13. John is a teacher but ........ sister is a nurse. 14. Do you think that most people are happy in ........ jobs? 15. I gave the money to my mother and she put it in ........ bag. 16. I often see that man but I don’t know ....... name.