Pronouns

We often follow a subject verb object (SVO) sentence order:

Subject	Verb	Object
I	like	chocolate.
You	learn	English.
He	plays	football.
Cats	drink	milk.

If the object is a person we must use an object pronoun:

Subject Pronoun	Verb	Object Pronoun.
I	saw	him.
You	helped	me.
He	likes	her.

Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun
I	me
You	you
He	him
She	her
It	it
We	us
They	them

Possessive Adjectives

We use a posessive adjective with a noun to show that a person possesses, has or owns it:

Subject Pronoun	Possessive Adjective
I	my
You	your
He	his
She	her
It	its
We	our
They	their

Subject	Verb	Possessive Adjective	Noun
I	rode	my	bike.
I	like	your	hair.
I	borrowed	his	tools.
He	bought	her	computer.
He	likes	its	screen.
She	used	our	computer.
She	taught	their	son.

Possessive Adjective	Noun	Verb
My	bike	is	good.
Your	hair	looks	nice.
His	tools	helped	a lot.
Her	computer	is	new.
Its	screen	broke	yesterday.
Our	flowers	are	beautiful.
Their	son	studies	medicine.

Tip!
*The verb agrees with the noun, not the possessive adjective:
My brother (he) am a doctor. ✘
My brother (he) is a doctor. ✔
Her cats (they) is beautiful. ✘
Her cats (they) are beautiful. ✔

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