Pronouns — the complete set
Every pronoun in one place: I/me, my/mine, myself, each other, and this/that/these/those — with the possessive case ('s) from Unit 4 recapped at the end.
Units 3, 4 and 6 taught the pronouns one at a time. This unit puts the whole family in one table and adds the three that were missing: possessive pronouns (mine, yours), reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself) and this / that / these / those. Examples talk about family and people.
A — The whole pronoun family
Read one row across: I · me · my · mine · myself. Learn the rows, not the columns.
| Subject | Object | Possessive adjective (+ noun) | Possessive pronoun (alone) | Reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | me | my | mine | myself |
| you (one person) | you | your | yours | yourself |
| he | him | his | his | himself |
| she | her | her | hers | herself |
| it | it | its | — | itself |
| we | us | our | ours | ourselves |
| you (more people) | you | your | yours | yourselves |
| they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
The rest of this lesson is in the General English course:
- Remember
- B — my or mine?
- C — Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself…
- D — themselves or each other?
- E — this · that · these · those
- Correct vs wrong
- F — Where the rest of the pronouns are taught
Try it: Subject, object or possessive?
Who does the action (subject), who receives it (object), or whose is it (possessive)?
- ___ brother works in a bank.
(a) Me (b) My (c) Mine - My parents called ___ yesterday evening.
(a) I (b) me (c) my - ___ and my sister live together.
(a) Me (b) I (c) My - Do you know ___ cousins?
(a) they (b) them (c) their - I gave the photos to ___.
(a) she (b) her (c) hers - ___ grandmother is ninety years old.
(a) Ours (b) Us (c) Our
Check your answers in the course — it marks them instantly. This is one of the unit's 6 exercises; the other 5 are in the General English course too.
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