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In today’s English Language class, We will be learning about Personal and Possessive Pronouns. We hope you enjoy the class!
CONTENT
A pronoun is a word used instead or in place of a noun or a noun phrase. E.g.;
Ade is coming tomorrow
The boy is coming tomorrow
He is coming tomorrow.
There are different types of pronouns. They are: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, relative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, etc.
Here, we shall consider Personal and possessive Pronouns.
Personal Pronouns:
They are used to refer to persons (and things) and they are of three types.
- First Person
Singular Plural
I go to school every day. We go to school every day.
- Second Person
Singular Plural
You come here every Saturday. You come here every Saturday.
- Third Person
Singular Plural
He/ She /It {goes to the stream every week. They go to the stream every week.
Personal Pronouns also have object and subject forms.
Consider the box below.
Subject form Object form
I Me
You you (singular& plural forms).
She her
He him
We us
You you
They them
It it
Possessive Pronouns:
These are also known as genitive pronouns. They show ownership or possession. The following table shows the possessive forms of pronouns in terms of pronominal adjectives and pure pronouns:
| Singular | Plural | |
| Adjective Pronoun | Adjective Pronoun | |
| First Person | My mine | Our ours |
| Second Person | Your yours | Your yours |
| Third Person | His his
Her hers Its its |
Their theirs
Their theirs Their theirs |
Examples:
This is my book
This book is mine
That is your pencil
It is yours
These are our bags
They are ours
The chairs are their own
They are theirs
The food belongs to the dog.
The food is its.
EVALUATION
Do practice five on page 23 of English Grammar by P.O Olatunbosun
REFERENCE
Countdown English by Ogunsanwo; Exam Focus: English for JSCE; English Grammar by P.O Olatunbosun.
READING ASSIGNMENT
Exam Focus: English for JSCE page 45-46 and English Grammar page 21
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