Topic 8

Topic 8         Overview of Personal Pronoun

          P1         P2           P3              P4          P5

1.       I            my          me             mine       myself     

2.       You        your        you            yours      yourself

3.       He         his          him            his           himself

          She       her          her            hers         herself

          It          its            it               ---           itself

1.        We         our         us             our          ourselves 

2.        You        your        you           yours       yourselves

3.        They       their       them          theirs      themselves

P1 is always used as a subject.  It is always followed by a verb.

      [ He ] likes kite-flying.

      [ We]  read every day.                                      

      [ They] sing every day.   

P2 is always used as an adjective.  It is always placed before a noun.

      [ He] likes (his shoes) very much.

      [ The cat ] licks (its paws) every day.

      [ Joseph and I ] often help (our Science teacher).

      [You and Tom] feed (your dogs) every day.

    

P3 is always used as an object.  It is always placed after a verb or a preposition or a gerund / F2.

      [ My aunt] sent ( me ) a card last week.

      [ Alice ] talks to (them) happily every day.

      [ We ] are all afraid of (it).

      [ You ] play with (us) every day.

      Thank you for helping (us).

P4 is used when you don’t want to mention the noun again.

      [ That ] is your book.  [ This ] is mine.   (‘mine = my book)

      [ His bicycle ] is here.  Where is [ yours] ?

P5 is always used with the right person.  The first person ‘I’  always goes with the reflexive pronoun ‘myself’ ; ‘you’ with ‘yourself’ and the like.                                                                                                  (17)

Topic 8       Overview of Personal Pronouns

Exercise 26

Fill in the blanks with a correct form of Personal Pronouns.

1.  I often see _________(he) on my way to school.

2.  That sharpener is John’s.  This one is __________(Mary’s).

3.  My grandfather washes clothes ____________( P5)

4.  Miss Lee scolded ____________ (the children) yesterday.

5.  My mother hugs __________(I) every day.

6.  I often help ____________(my parents).

7.  This is Peter.  __________ is a tall boy.

8.  That is a tortoise.  _________ crawls slowly.

9.  I talk to __________ (Alice) every day.

10.  Jack always puts ___________ ( he) books on the floor.