She Is a Good Athlete. (The Pronoun She Replaces Luma.)

PRONOUNS

A pronoun is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common pronouns include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we. Here are some examples:

INSTEAD OF: Linda is a good athlete.

She is a good athlete. (The pronoun she replaces Luma.)

INSTEAD OF: The beans and tomatoes are fresh-picked.

They are fresh-picked. (The pronoun they replaces the beans and tomatoes.)

Subject Pronouns

The subject pronouns are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you.

He spends ages looking out the window.

After lunch, he and I went to the planetarium.

Object Pronouns

The object pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us, and you.

He gave me a trombone.

Take a picture of them, not me!

Possessive Pronouns

The possessive pronouns are hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, and yours.

The red basket is mine.

Yours is on the coffee table.

Demonstrative Pronouns

The demonstrative pronouns are that, these, this, and those.

That is a good idea.

These are hilarious cartoons.

A demonstrative pronoun may look like a demonstrative adjective, but it is used differently in a sentence: it acts as a pronoun, taking the place of a noun.

Relative Pronouns

A relative pronoun introduces a clause, or part of a sentence, that describes a noun. The relative pronouns are that, which, who, and whom.

You should bring the book that you love most.

Hector is a photographer who does great work.

Reflexive Pronouns

The reflexive pronouns are herself, himself, itself, myself, ourselves, themselves, and yourselves. Each of these words can also act as an intensive pronoun (see below).

I learned a lot about myself at summer camp. (Myself refers back to I.)

We should divide the berries among ourselves. (ourselves refers back to we.)

PRONOUNS

SUBJECT / VERB / REFLEXIVE / POSSESSIVE
BEFORE A NOUN / POSSESSIVE
without A NOUN / OBJECT / S
I / saw / my friend.
him. / He
myself …
You / met / your students.
her. / She
yourself …
yourselves ..
He / called / me. / I
his nephew.
himself …
She / liked / her handwriting.
you. / You
herself …
It / ate / its food.
it. / It
itself …
We / asked / them. / They
our superiors.
ourselves …
They / reported / us. / We
their grievances
themselves

The bag belongs to me. OR It belongs to me.

SUBJECT / VERB / REFLEXIVE / POSSESSIVE
BEFORE A NOUN / POSSESSIVE
without A NOUN / OBJECT / S
It / is/
is not / my bag.
mine.
your bag.
yours.
his bag.
his.
her bag.
hers.
their bag.
theirs
our bag.
ours.

This bag is not yours but mine.Yours is in the cupboard. Please do not take my bag. You can take your bag from the cupboard. However, his bag is over there and hers is in the room. Their bags are nowhere to be

seen and our bags are out in the sun.Her bag is green in colour while ours are black. I think theirs are blue and the purple bag is his. Don’t take the wrong bag.

sitifauziah/2004/july2008-updated