Притяжательные местоимения Possessive Pronouns

Личные

местоимения

Притяжательные местоимения

1-я форма

2-я форма

употребляется перед существительными

употребляется самостоятельно без существительного

Единственное число

I

я

my

мой, моя, моё, мои

mine

мой, моя, моё, мои

he

он

his

его

his

его

she

она

her

её

hers

её

it*

он, она, оно

its*

его, её

its*

его, её*

Множественное число

we

мы

our

наш, наша, наше, наши

ours

наш, наша, наше, наши

you

вы

your

ваш, ваша, ваше, ваши

yours

ваш, ваша, ваше, ваши

they**

они

their**

их

theirs**

их

Exercise 2.

Supply the correct possessive pronouns in the following sentences.

Model:

They usually eat their lunch at the Ritz Cafeteria.

1.

Wealways study ____ English lessons very carefully.

2.

That girlalways takes very good care of ____ clothes.

3.

The childrenare playing with ____ toys right now.

4.

Ialways put ____ pens and pencils in the second in the second drawer.

5.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilsonare sitting in ____ living room now.

6.

You and Idon’t spend ____ money very carefully.

7.

Miss Davisis using ____ sister’s book today.

8.

Wewrite letters to ____ friends once or twice a month

9.

Tom and Billare walking home with ____ friends.

10.

Mr. Brownseldom drives ____ car to ____ office.

11.

You don’t do ____ English lessons very carefully.

Exercise 3.

Substitute a possessive pronoun for the words in parentheses in each sentence.

Model:

That book is (my book). – That book is mine.

Those are (her pictures). – Those pictures are hers.

1.

Is this your purse or (Miss Brown’s purse)?

2.

Are those my shoes or (his shoes)?

3.

Their house and (our house) are both on the same block.

4.

That red car in front of (your car) is (my brother’s car).

5.

Are these two books (your books) or (my books)?

6.

All of these magazines are (his magazines).

7.

Those cigarettes on the table are (my cigarettes).

8.

Are all of these papers (your papers)?

9.

That newspaper on the desk is (her newspaper).

10.

That big white house on the corner is (their house)

11.

Edward’s new suit and (my new suit) are very similar.

Лицо

Единственное число

Множественное число

1-е

myself

себя, сам

ourselves

себя, сами

2-е

yourself

себя, сам, сама, сами

yourselves

себя, сами

3-е

himself

herself

itself

себя, сам

себя, сама

себя, сам, сама, само

themselves

себя, сами

Exercise 4.

Supply the correct reflexive pronouns in the following sentences.

Model:

I will ask him myself.

1.

Don’t hurt ____ Mike!

2.

Don’t hurt ____, children!

3.

He defended ____ bravely.

4.

They told me the news ____.

5.

She will answer the letter ____.

6.

We’ll do it ____.

7.

I looked at ____ in the mirror.

Exercise 5.

State whether the self-pronoun is emphatic or reflexive. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

The villagers built themselves new houses.

2.

They build the houses themselves.

3.

The man opened the door and found himself facing a stranger.

4.

Would you mind keeping your opinion to yourself?

5.

I heard it from a man who himself was present there.

6.

He was in a still worse position than ourselves.

7.

Go and see it for yourself.

8.

You can trust him. He is honesty himself.

9.

And then they left me to myself.

10.

If one wants a thing done, one had best do it oneself.

11.

He noticed that there was someone standing between himself and the door.