Pronouns

A pronoun is a  word that replaces the noun. The pronoun is usually used to avoid repetition; it can refer to a person,  an object or an animal . There are five types of pronouns: Personal Subjective Pronouns, Personal Objective Pronouns, Possessive pronouns, Possessive Adjective Pronouns and Reflexive pronouns.

1. Personal Subjective Pronouns: it refers to the person that is speaking. It is called so because it refers to the subject. The Personal Subjective pronouns are  : I , You , He , she , It , We , You , and  They .

          I : it refers to the first person singular. / You : it can refer to first person singular or                                                                                       to second person plural.

         He/she/ it : it refers to third singular, for  a person we use ( he/she) , and for an animal  or a

                           object we use ( it ).

        

       We : it refers to first person plural. / They : it refers to third person plural.

  Examples:- I spent all day at home.

                   - You are a very good student.

                   - He/She  is preparing for his maths exam.

                   - It is a very beautiful garden.

                   - We've been learning Turkish for six months

                   - They are having chicken for dinner

 

     2. Personal Objective Pronouns: it is a word that replaces the object of the verb. They are called so because they refer to the object. These Objective pronouns are : Me , you , him , her , it , us , you , them

                                          Examples: - She lent me her book.

                                                          - My mother wishes you a happy birthday.

                                                          - " Tell him to come earlier next time "

                                                          -  The smiths were in London last month. They apologized for   

                                                              not coming to our wedding.

     3. Possessive Pronouns : possessive pronouns refer to something that a person owns or to  something that qualifies an animal of an object. They are placed before the noun. Possessive Pronouns are : My, your , him , her , its , our , your , their.

                                           Examples: - My friend has a car. Its color is red

                                                           - That book over there belong to me. It is my book.

                                                           - Look at the sky! Its color became grey.

                                                           - You are not allowed to park your car here.

              Important :  I like you're phone. Wrong   /     I like your phone. Correct

     4. Possessive adjective  pronouns :  This kind of pronouns is as the previous one . However, they cannot  come before the noun. Possessive objective pronouns are: Mine , yours , its , his , ours , yours, theirs.

                                              Examples: - We live here. This house is ours.

                                                                - These books on the table are theirs .

                                                                - That yellow umbrella is mine.

                                                                - " Is the red car parked outside yours ? ".

     5. Reflexive Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns are words that refer to the subject of the sentence. the reflexive pronouns are : Myself, yourself, himself , herself , itself , ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

                                             Examples: - I really enjoyed myself in the party.

                                                               -She baked a cake for herself.

                                                               - " Make yourself home" .

                                                               - They bought a new car for themselves.