Pronouns and Possessives
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! |
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| *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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