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SUBJECT PRONOUNS /OBJECT PRONOUNS / POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES /

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

SUBJECT

PRONOUNS(+ Verb)

OBJECT

PRONOUNS(after

Verb/Prep)

POSSESSIVE

ADJECTIVES(+Noun)

POSSESSIVE

PRONOUNS

I ME MY MINE

YOU YOU YOUR YOURS

HE HIM HIS HIS

SHE HER HER HERS

IT IT ITS ITS

WE US OUR OURS

THEY THEM THEIR THEIRS

Jo, tu, ell Me/m, te/t,

se/s

El meu, el teu, el

seu+ Nom

El meu, el teu, el

seu(=substitueixa un nom)

EXAMPLES.

Subject pronouns

They were great engineers in the early 18th century.

Are you both going to arrive on time?Itis my favourite toy

Object pronouns

Michael gave the car tome (after preposition)Mom and dad made it(after verb)

The house is not for us (after preposition)

Possessive adjectives

My name is ClaudiaYourhome is beautiful

I gave Bruce ouraddress.

Possessive pronouns

That is yours. (It belongs to you)

They are its not ours. (They belong to it not to us)

The cars outside are ours. (The cars belong to us)

Exercise. Choose the correct option:

1) Look at this picture. These are my nieces. ... names are Cristina and Laura.

A.Them

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B.Their

C.Theirs

2) President Obama was born in Hawaii but ... father was born in Kenya.

A.his

B.yourC.him

3) Carla Bruni is really pretty. I'm in love with ...

A.she

B.hers

C.her

4) My cell phone is dead. Can I use ... ?

A.it

B.yours

C.your

5) We have a big problem. Can you help ... ?

A.us

B.we

C.them

6) Carla Bruni was born in Italy but ... grandmother is Italian.

A.hers

B.his

C.her

7) I'm going to see the Rolling Stones. Do you like ... ?

A.them

B.it

C.they

8) That car is not ours. Is it .... ?

A.your

B.yours

C.ours9) My job is wonderful. I really like ... !

A.its

B.mine

C.it

10) We're an international school. ... students come from different countries.

A.Us

B.Our

C.Ours

Interactive exercise:http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/pronouns/index.html

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS AND

DETERMINERS

There are four demonstrative determiners in English and they are: this, that, these and those (aquest, aquell,

aquests i aquells) .

Notice that demonstrative determiners can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. When they are used as

determiners they are followed by the nouns they modify. Compare:

This is my camera. (Demonstrative used as a pronoun, subject of the verb is)Aquesta s la meva cmera

This camera is mine. (Demonstrative used as a determiner modifying the noun camera.)Aquesta cmera s meva.

DEMONSTRATIVE DETERMINERS (+N) DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

This is

my dog

These are

my dogs

That is my dog

Those are my dogs

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