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Pronouns Notes [Level-4]

Pronouns Notes [Level-4]

Revision of pronouns

Personal pronouns:

	Singular	Plural	Used for
1^st person	I, me	We, us	the person who speaks
2^nd person	You	You	the person who listens
3^rd person	He, she, it	They	the person spoken about
4^th person	Him, her, it	Them	the person spoken about

Types of pronouns:

Possessive Pronouns: To possess = to have / to own / to belong to Pronouns that show ownership are called possessive pronouns.

	Pronoun	Singular	Plural
1^st person	(I, me – we, us)	mine	ours
2^nd person	(you – you)	yours	yours
3^rd person	(he, him)	his	theirs
4^th person	(she, her)	hers	theirs
5^th person	(it)	--	theirs

Examples:

The book belongs to me.

The book is MINE.

All the gifts belong to Sunita.

All the gifts are HERS.

Why is Harry carrying the tray? Because it belongs to Harry.

Why is Harry carrying the tray? Because it is HIS.

Does this pen belong to you?

Is the pen YOURS?

That dog belongs to my neighbours.

That dog is THEIRS.

The cricket set belongs to us.

The cricket set is OURS.

Difference between possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives:

Possessive pronoun	Possessive adjective
I / me – mine	my
we / us – ours	our
you – yours	your
he / him – his	his
she – hers	her
it – ____	its
they / them – theirs	their

Examples:

“This paper belongs to me,” said the man.

(A) “This is MY paper,” said the man. – Possessive adjective (followed by noun)

(B) “This paper is MINE,” said the man. – Possessive pronoun (no noun follows)

“Does this T-shirt belong to you?”

(A) “Is this YOUR T-shirt?” – Possessive adjective (followed by noun)

(B) “Is this T-shirt YOURS?” – Possessive pronoun (no noun follows)

Those new cycles belong to us.

(A) Those are OUR new cycles. – Possessive adjective (followed by noun)

(B) Those new cycles are OURS. – Possessive pronoun (no noun follows)

That big house belongs to the Shahs.

(A) That is THEIR big house. – Possessive adjective (followed by noun)

(B) That big house is THEIRS. – Possessive pronoun (no noun follows)

Still More Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns:

To demonstrate = to show / to point out

Demonstrative words: THIS – THAT – THESE – THOSE

Examples:

THIS is my umbrella.

This – points out to umbrella.

So ‘THIS’ is a demonstrative pronoun.

Are THOSE your children?

Those – points out to children.

So ‘THOSE’ is a demonstrative pronoun.

THESE are all Christmas trees.

These – points out to the trees.

So ‘These’ is a demonstrative pronoun.

Difference between demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective:

THIS pencil is small.

(this – followed by noun. Thus – demonstrative adjective)

THIS is a small pencil.

(this – Not followed by noun. Thus – demonstrative pronoun)

THESE roses are beautiful.

(these – followed by noun. So demonstrative adjective)

THESE are beautiful roses.

(these – Not followed by noun. So demonstrative pronoun)

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