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Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent antecedent.
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I read a book. It was good. (Book Book is a noun. It is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, book.)
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PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS When using pronouns, you must also make sure that they agree with their antecedents in number (singular or plural) and gender. The gender of a noun may be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neuter (referring to things).
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Mrs. Johnson teaches English. She teaches English. The boy learns English. He learns English.
You You Yours Your name She, he, it Her, him, it Hers, his, its Her, his, its name PLURAL We Us Ours Our names You You Yours Your names they them theirs Their names
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A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence. She is my best friend. It is my bag. Does he know the answer? You and I will meet later.
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An object pronoun is used as the object of the verb (direct/indirect object) or the object of a preposition. I will tell you a story. Give me the book . The teacher gave her a warning. John read it to them.
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show who owns something. 2. They don’t have apostrophes. 3. They are not followed immediately by a noun. 4. They stand alone.
Example
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CORRECT √√√√√√√ This book is hers. Yours is over there. XXXXXXXX INCORRECT
This book is her’s. Your’s is over there.
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Possessive Adjectives There are 2 ways to express possession in English using adjectivals: 1. Use ‘s to show an item belongs to a specific person, e.g. Nadia’s book. 2. Use a possessive adjective, e.g. her book.
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Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
An adjective is used to describe a noun. A pronoun is
used in place of a noun. Pronouns are used in grammar in the same way as nouns are. They refer to persons or things named or understood in the context of a conversation or reading. Possessive pronouns and adjectives are used to indicate the ownership of something.
possessive pronouns are used alone.
Possessive adjectives have nouns following them.
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POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PRONOUNS
• I have my pen. • I have mine.
• You have your book. • You have yours. • She has her lunch. • She has hers. • He has his baseball glove. • He has his. • We have our boat. • We have ours. • You have your jacket. • You have yours. • They have their tickets. • They have theirs.