Level 3 pronouns

1. Pronouns
Holly Cin
Fall 2016

2. Chart of Pronouns
Subject Object Possessive
Adjectives
Possessive
Pronouns
Reflexive
Pronouns
I me my mine myself
You you your yours yourself/yourse
lves
We us our ours ourselves
They them their theirs themselves
He him his his himself
She her her hers herself
It it its
(no apostrophe)
X itself

3. The function of a pronoun
• Pronouns refer to nouns.
Silvina is married. She has two children. (She
refers to Silvina).
Chocolate cake is delicious. I like it. (It refers to
chocolate cake).
Holly’s students are tired. Her students are tired.
(Her refers to Holly’s).

4. Subject and Object Pronouns
• A subject pronoun comes before a verb.
– Example: She gave him the book.
She is the subject of the sentence.
• An object pronoun comes after a verb.
– Example: She gave him the book.
Him is the object of the verb “gave.”

5. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
• A possessive adjective comes before a noun (either singular
or plural).
Examples:
My book; her toys; his address; our apartment building.
• A possessive pronoun replaces a possessive adjective + the
noun.
Examples:
This is my book. This is mine. (singular)
These are my books. These are mine. (plural)
This is their car. It is theirs. (singular)
Those are their cars. Those are theirs. (plural)

6. Reflexive Pronouns
1. A reflexive pronoun comes after a verb. It means that the person
doing/experiencing something is the same person who is affected by that
action or experience.
Examples:
1. I taught myself how to play the guitar. (I did not learn from someone.)
2. She cut herself when she was fixing dinner. (No one else did this to her)
2. Reflexive pronouns are also used for emphasis.
For emphasis:
3. The child tied her shoelaces all by herself.
4. The president of the company himself came to give us the bad news.

7. Another (adjective)
Another is always used before a singular noun OR the
pronoun one.
Examples:
another book, another pen, another quiz, another one
I can give you another book if you don’t like this one.
OR I can give you another one.
(Think of this as meaning ‘one other’)

8. Other (adjective)
Other is always used before plural nouns or the
pronoun ones.
Examples:
I have some other books you might like if you
don’t like these.
OR I have other (different) ones (books) you
might like.

9. The other
• The other can be used as an adjective or
pronoun.
• It can be followed by either a singular or plural
noun.
Examples:
Here are two of the books you lent me. The other books/ones are in my car.
OR The other book/one is in my car.

10. Others
Others is always used as a pronoun.
It replaces other + the plural noun
Example:
1. If you don’t like this book, I have some/two
others (other books) you might like.
2. Some people like chocolate ice-cream. Others
(other people) prefer vanilla.

11. The others
The others is like others.
It is a pronoun and replaces other + the plural noun.
The difference is that I am referring to specific things or
people.
It always refers to the last in thing(s) or people in a
group/series.
Examples:
1. I have five sisters. Three are living here, but the others are
living in New York.
2. You can find most of the books about computers in this
section of the bookstore; the others are in the ‘self-help’
section.