Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives Material

PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Pronouns substitute for nouns. They can be singular or plural.

SUBJECT	OBJECT	POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES	POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
I	Me	My	Mine
You	You	Your	yours
He	Him	His	His
She	Her	Her	Hers
It	It	Its	-
We	Us	Our	Ours
They	Them	Their	Theirs

Below are general rules on the use of pronoun:

1.     As a subject and an object.

a)     He is my father. I love him so much.

b)    I am lost.  I  guess my mom is looking for me.

2.     After a preposition (For, from, before ,in, on, at, between among, without, over, under, with, by,etc.)

a)     He always sends a letter to her.

b)    My mother wants to buy some food with me.

3. After “let”

a) Let her go!

b) Let us go! (Let’s go!)

4. If there is no “to be” or verb.

a) Who’s there? Me.

b) Who’s there?  Us.

5. If there is exclamation point (!)

a) Not us! But you!

b) What! I didn’t steal the money! Not me!

6. Using a possessive adjective and possessive pronoun in a sentence.

      a) This is my book. (the book is mine)

b)  Mine is better than yours.

c) This is your new computer.