1. Pronouns subject pronouns object pronouns possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns

2. possessive adjectives
List of pronouns
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns

3. Michael Jordan plays basketball.
Subject Pronouns
______________
|______________| subject
__________
|__________|
object
Michael Jordan plays basketball.
_____
verb
An English sentence usually have: subject + verb + object

4. The Powerpuff Girl Buttercup
Buttercup is one of the Powerpuff Girls. Buttercup has black hair and green eyes. Buttercup wears green clothes.
Although Buttercup does not have any specialties, Buttercup fights best. Buttercup doesn't have time for plans; Buttercup is all action!

5. They’re
subject pronouns!
Buttercup is one of the Powerpuff Girls. She has black hair and green eyes. She wears green clothes.
Although she does not have any specialties, she fights best. She doesn't have time for plans; She is all action!

6. When to use which subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns I
You We
They He
She It

7. Exercise I He She They My name is Gary. ___ am in Form 1E.
My father is a driver.
(2)___ drives a taxi.
My mother is a waitress.
(3)___ works in a Chinese restaurant.
I have two sisters.
(4)___ are in primary school. I He
She
They

8. Exercise (continue) It He We Their school is in Tin Shui Wai.
(5)___ is called Wu Mien Tuen Primary School.
My best friend is called Aaron.
(6)___ is also in Form 1E.
Aaron and I like playing basketball.
(7)___ play basketball at lunch time everyday. It He We

9. List of Object Pronouns
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns I
You We
They He
She It me
you us
them
him
her it

10. Sally
Bill
_______
|_______|
verb
Sally loves Bill.
She
loves
him.

11. Exercise him it me you Snow: Did you give the book to Ivan?
Elaine: Yes, I gave the book back yesterday.
→ Yes, I gave ____ back yesterday. it me
Snow: Well, he doesn’t trust ____.
Elaine: He doesn’t trust ____? Don’t listen to him!
you

12. subject pronouns object pronounsI me
You
you We us
They
them He
him
She
her It it

13. Exercise My name is Renee. (1)___ am twelve years old.
I have one sister. (2)___ is called Jenny.

14. Exercise
Jenny and I like listening to music. Our favourite singer is Kelly.
(3)___ like (4)___ because she is very beautiful.

15. Exercise (continue) My sister also likes Twins. I like (5)___ too.
I think (6)___ sing and dance very well.
Adopted from Longman Target 1A, p.8

16. Exercise (continue) Jenny and I have a dog. It is called Brownie.
Brownie likes to play with Jenny and (7)___.
It always wants (8)___ to play ball with it.
Adopted from Longman Target 1A, p.8

17. Possessive Adjectives
Yesterday, I bought a new handbag.
This is my new handbag.

18. This is my boyfriend. Is he handsome?
No! My boyfriend is more handsome than your boyfriend.

19. List of Possessive Adjectives
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns I me
You
you We us
They
them He
him
She
her It it my
your
our
their
his
her
its

20. Exercise Do you like ____ job? your
2. I know Mr Hui but I don’t know ____ wife.
his
3. I fell down and hurt ____ leg. my
4. We invited all ___ friends to the party.
our
your
her
their my
its
our
his

21. Exercise The children are doing ____ homework. their
6. I want to phone Yuki. Do you know ___ number?
her
your
her
their my
its
our
his

22. Possessive Pronouns My boyfriend is more handsome than your boyfriend.
But his boyfriend is more handsome than my boyfriend.
yours
mine

23. List of Possessive Pronouns
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns I me my
You
you
your We us
our
They
them
their He
him
his
She
her It it
its
mine
yours
ours
theirs
his
hers

24. Practice mine yours mine theirs ours hers theirs mine yours his
Juno has eaten his sandwich already, but I’m saving my sandwich until later.
mine
2. My telephone is out of order, but your telephone is working.
yours
mine
3. Your computer is a Mac, but my computer is a PC.
4. We gave them our telephone number, and they gave us their telephone number.
theirs
ours
hers
theirs
mine
yours
his

25. Practice his yours ours hers theirs ours his mine yours theirs hers
I prefer my house to his house.
yours
6. Is that your car? I thought your car is yellow.
ours
7. That’s not our uniform. Our uniform is white.
8. My writing is better than her writing.
hers
theirs
9. Our garden is bigger than their garden.
ours
his
mine
yours
theirs
hers

26. Possessive Pronouns S1: Is this your pen?
S2: No, this is not my pen. Mine is yellow.
S1: Is this your pen?
S2: Yes, this is mine. Thank you.

27. This is my book. It’s mine!
Possessive Pronouns
A: Is it your book?
B: No, it’s not mine. It’s hers.
A: Whose hamburger is it?
B: It is his.
This is my book. It’s mine!
This is my book.
This is mine book.

28. List of Possessive Pronouns
subject pronouns
object pronouns
possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns I me my
mine.
You
you
your
yours. We us
our
ours.
They
them
their
theirs. He
him
his
his.
She
her
hers. It it
its